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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.282,Lat: 50.992
Elevation	191 meter above sea level
Local time	10:59:41am
Name province/region	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Name Subregion	Köln
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Oberbergischer Kreis
Name	Lindlar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kürten:Engeldorf	2.1 km	WestNorthWest
2 Lindlar:Hohkeppel	2.4 km	SouthEast
3 Overath:Brombach	2.5 km	SouthWest
4 Lindlar:Vellingen	2.7 km	East
5 Overath:Obersteeg	2.8 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	175 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	207 km	West
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	226 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 215 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Lower - Ruhr, Lippe, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Dhünn-Talsperre (5.2 km² at a height of around 176 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8.3 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 79.7 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 112 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 51%, hill: 49%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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
NR-338

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Cologne Bonn Airport (at a distance of 17 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

27.6 km2

35.1%

Agriculture

46.8 km2

59.6%

Urban area

3.7 km2

4.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Schmitzhöhe in country Germany

Schmitzhöhe at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cologne Cathedral	Germany	24 km	WestSouthWest
2 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	32 km	WestSouthWest
3 Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen	Germany	58 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Agger	DE	4.5 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vilkerath

Type of weather in Vilkerath	light rain
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 59 minutes
Sunrise :	05:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:56 Europe/Amsterdam