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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.3662,Lat: 50.4281
Elevation	441 meter above sea level
Local time	10:55:49am
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Gießen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vogelsbergkreis
Name	Freiensteinau

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Freiensteinau:Radmühl I	2.4 km	South
2 Birstein:Wettges	2.5 km	SouthWest
3 Freiensteinau	2.6 km	East
4 Birstein:Wüstwillenroth	3 km	WestSouthWest
5 Birstein:Lichenroth	3.1 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	250 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	358 km	West
3 Praha	Czech-republic	362 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 339 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Main, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Kinzigtalsperre (0.6 km² at a distance of 14 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Taufstein with a height of 773 meter (at a distance of 13.5 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 181.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 254 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 94%, low mountains: 6%, 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 72 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18.4 km2

23.3%

Nature

3 km2

3.8%

Agriculture

55.9 km2

71.2%

Urban area

0.6 km2

0.8%

Water - Lakes

0.7 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Salz in country Germany

Salz at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	72 km	SouthWest
2 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	79 km	SouthWest
3 Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square	Germany	82 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Talauen bei Freiensteinau und Gewässerabschnitt der Salz	DE	0.1 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Freiensteinau

Type of weather in Freiensteinau	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.02 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	05:50 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:48 Europe/Amsterdam