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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 10.7351,Lat: 53.9478
Elevation	24 meter above sea level
Local time	13:34:37pm
Name province/region	Schleswig-Holstein
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ostholstein
Name	Ratekau

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ratekau:Techau	2.2 km	NorthWest
2 Ratekau:Offendorf	2.4 km	East
3 Bad Schwartau:Groß Parin	2.8 km	WestSouthWest
4 Ratekau:Sereetz	3.1 km	South
5 Timmendorfer Strand:Hemmelsdorf	3.3 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 København	Denmark	230 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Berlin	Germany	238 km	SouthEast
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	428 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 6 km (direction NorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Schlei/Trave. The nearest bigger lake is Hemmelsdorfer See (4.4 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 2.5 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Danish-German border with a straight distance of 130.3 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 182 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 23%, low location: 77%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Östliches Hügelland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (at a distance of 61 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lübeck Blankensee Airport (at a distance of 16 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.3 km2

15.6%

Wet nature

0.9 km2

1.2%

Agriculture

50.3 km2

64%

Urban area

9.4 km2

11.9%

Water - Lakes

4.7 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ratekau in country Germany

Ratekau at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Hanseatic City of Lübeck	Germany	9.5 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus	Germany	66 km	SouthWest
3 Archaeological Border complex of Hedeby and the Danevirke	Germany	101 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Schwartautal und Curauer Moor	DE	0.9 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ratekau

Type of weather in Ratekau	few clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	59 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	15 hour and 27 minutes
Sunrise :	05:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:57 Europe/Amsterdam