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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.9485,Lat: 51.0095
Elevation	309 meter above sea level
Local time	18:18:32pm
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Kassel
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Waldeck-Frankenberg
Name	Gemünden (Wohra)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gemünden (Wohra):Grüsen	1 km	South
2 Haina (Kloster):Bockendorf	1.4 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Gemünden (Wohra):Herbelhausen	2.1 km	EastSouthEast
4 Haina (Kloster):Halgehausen	2.1 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Haina (Kloster):Mohnhausen	2.5 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	254 km	SouthWest
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	319 km	WestNorthWest
3 Brussel	Belgium	324 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 270 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Medium - Nahe, Lahn, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Edersee (9.9 km² at a height of around 244 meter above sea level) at a distance of 17.8 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 181.5 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 254 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 95%, low mountains: 5%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 112 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

36.5 km2

46.4%

Agriculture

40.1 km2

51%

Urban area

2 km2

2.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sehlen in country Germany

Sehlen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe	Germany	46 km	NorthEast
2 Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey	Germany	91 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Wartburg Castle	Germany	96 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Wohraaue zwischen Kirchhain und Gemünden (Wohra)	DE	2.3 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Herbelhausen

Type of weather in Herbelhausen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.32 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 59 minutes
Sunrise :	05:51 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:50 Europe/Amsterdam