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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.2711,Lat: 52.6498
Elevation	20 meter above sea level
Local time	1:25:37am
Name province/region	Niedersachsen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Emsland
Name	Meppen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Geeste:Varloh	2.2 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Meppen:Rühle	2.6 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Geeste:Klein Hesepe	2.6 km	WestSouthWest
4 Geeste:Groß Hesepe	3.5 km	SouthWest
5 Geeste:Korde	3.6 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	164 km	West
2 Brussel	Belgium	284 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	348 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 92 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Netherlands.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Speicherbecken Geeste (1.6 km² at a height of around 33 meter above sea level) at a distance of 6.1 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 14.6 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 20 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 97%, 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 agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Ems-Hunte-Geest und Dümmer-Geestniederung

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Düsseldorf Airport (at a distance of 155 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.3 km2

19.5%

Nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

54.7 km2

69.7%

Urban area

7.6 km2

9.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Schwefingen in country Germany

Schwefingen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	74 km	NorthWest
2 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	101 km	West
3 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	110 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ems	DE	1 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Schwefingen
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Nödecke-Höften

Type of weather in Nödecke-Höften	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.3 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 20 May 2024:	16 hour and 2 minutes
Sunrise :	05:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:28 Europe/Amsterdam