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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.1243,Lat: 50.5023
Elevation	309 meter above sea level
Local time	22:29:57pm
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Gießen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vogelsbergkreis
Name	Schotten

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Schotten:Betzenrod	1.7 km	North
2 Schotten:Götzen	2.3 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Schotten:Michelbach	2.5 km	East
4 Schotten:Eschenrod	3.6 km	SouthEast
5 Schotten:Einartshausen	3.8 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	237 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	339 km	West
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	360 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 328 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 Kinzigtalsperre (0.6 km² at a distance of 29.7 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Taufstein with a height of 773 meter (at a distance of 8.3 km and direction East). The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 181.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 254 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 1%, hill: 90%, low mountains: 9%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

32 km2

40.8%

Agriculture

41.9 km2

53.4%

Urban area

3.6 km2

4.6%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Schotten in country Germany

Schotten at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	70 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	77 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe	Germany	92 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vogelsberg	DE	0.4 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Schotten

Type of weather in Schotten	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.27 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	05:52 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:47 Europe/Amsterdam