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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.0007,Lat: 50.5977
Elevation	437 meter above sea level
Local time	10:28:43am
Name province/region	Rheinland-Pfalz
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Westerwaldkreis
Name	Westerburg
Name	Pottum

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Stahlhofen am Wiesensee	1.4 km	SouthWest
2 Hellenhahn-Schellenberg	2.2 km	NorthEast
3 Höhn	2.6 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Hergenroth	2.7 km	SouthWest
5 Halbs	2.8 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	174 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	259 km	West
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	293 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 276 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Medium - Nahe, Lahn, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Wiesensee (0.8 km² at a distance of 0.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Belgium border with a straight distance of 116.4 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 163 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 89%, low mountains: 11%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Hoher Westerwald

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Cologne Bonn Airport (at a distance of 68 km and direction WestNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

25.9 km2

32.9%

Nature

1.2 km2

1.5%

Agriculture

42.3 km2

53.9%

Urban area

7.6 km2

9.6%

Water - Lakes

0.8 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Pottum in country Germany

Pottum at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Upper Middle Rhine Valley	Germany	52 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	81 km	WestNorthWest
3 Cologne Cathedral	Germany	83 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Westerwald	DE	0.3 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Pottum
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Pottum

Type of weather in Pottum	few clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	06:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:44 Europe/Amsterdam