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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.9308,Lat: 50.5756
Elevation	220 meter above sea level
Local time	21:04:16pm
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Gießen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gießen
Name	Grünberg

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Grünberg:Göbelnrod	2.4 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Reiskirchen:Ettingshausen	2.5 km	SouthWest
3 Laubach:Münster	2.6 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Laubach:Lauter	2.7 km	EastSouthEast
5 Grünberg	2.7 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	228 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	325 km	West
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	344 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 317 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Main, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Aartalsee (1 km² at a distance of 33.8 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Taufstein with a height of 773 meter (at a distance of 22.8 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Belgium border with a straight distance of 181.1 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 254 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 14%, hill: 86%, 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.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Frankfurt am Main Airport (at a distance of 66 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17.2 km2

21.9%

Agriculture

54.9 km2

69.9%

Urban area

6.4 km2

8.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Queckborn in country Germany

Queckborn at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	74 km	South
2 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	80 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe	Germany	89 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lauter bei Laubach	DE	2.4 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Queckborn

Type of weather in Queckborn	light rain
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	979 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	15 hour and 2 minutes
Sunrise :	05:49 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:52 Europe/Amsterdam