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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.6291,Lat: 51.3075
Elevation	580 meter above sea level
Local time	13:16:24pm
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Kassel
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Waldeck-Frankenberg
Name	Willingen (Upland)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Willingen (Upland):Rattlar	1.4 km	EastNorthEast
2 Willingen (Upland)	1.9 km	SouthWest
3 Willingen (Upland):Stryck	3.3 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Willingen (Upland):Usseln	3.5 km	SouthEast
5 Willingen (Upland):Hemmighausen	4.9 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	259 km	SouthWest
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	283 km	WestNorthWest
3 Brussel	Belgium	304 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 234 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Weser main Upper - Fulda, Werra, part of the larger catchment area Weser. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Diemelsee (1.6 km² at a distance of 7.8 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 144.5 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 202 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 5%, low mountains: 93%, moderate high mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Cologne Bonn Airport (at a distance of 115 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (at a distance of 34 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

50.5 km2

64.3%

Nature

0.9 km2

1.2%

Agriculture

24.5 km2

31.1%

Urban area

2.7 km2

3.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Schwalefeld in country Germany

Schwalefeld at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe	Germany	53 km	East
2 Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey	Germany	75 km	NorthEast
3 Fagus Factory in Alfeld	Germany	111 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ettelsberg mit Ruthenaar- und Hoppecketal bei Willingen	DE	2.5 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Willingen

Type of weather in Willingen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.95 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	49 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	06:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:44 Europe/Amsterdam