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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.9208,Lat: 49.5516
Elevation	319 meter above sea level
Local time	13:56:07pm
Name province/region	Saarland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Merzig-Wadern
Name	Wadern

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Wadern:Buweiler	1.4 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Wadern:Wedern	2.4 km	WestNorthWest
3 Wadern:Oberlöstern	2.6 km	North
4 Wadern	2.6 km	WestSouthWest
5 Wadern:Kostenbach	2.7 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	58 km	West
2 Brussel	Belgium	233 km	NorthWest
3 Bern	Switzerland	292 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 276 km (direction NorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Moselle, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Talsperre Nonnweiler (1.5 km² at a distance of 8 km in NorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Erbeskopf with a height of 816 meter (at a distance of 23.4 km and direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 30.1 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 42 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 98%, low mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly western 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 Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (at a distance of 52 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Saarbrücken Airport (at a distance of 40 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

30 km2

38.2%

Agriculture

42.8 km2

54.5%

Urban area

5.2 km2

6.7%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rathen in country Germany

Rathen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier	Germany	30 km	NorthWest
2 Völklingen Ironworks	Germany	35 km	South
3 City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications	Luxembourg	57 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Löstertal	DE	0 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Krettnich

Type of weather in Krettnich	moderate rain
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.31 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	06:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:56 Europe/Amsterdam