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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.8351,Lat: 49.5374
Elevation	350 meter above sea level
Local time	3:47:52am
Name province/region	Saarland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Merzig-Wadern
Name	Weiskirchen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Weiskirchen:Weierweiler	1.6 km	SouthWest
2 Wadern:Roth	2 km	SouthEast
3 Weiskirchen	2.1 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Weiskirchen:Konfeld	2.2 km	North
5 Weiskirchen:Rappweiler	2.7 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	52 km	West
2 Brussel	Belgium	229 km	NorthWest
3 Bern	Switzerland	291 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 273 km (direction NorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Moselle, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Talsperre Nonnweiler (1.5 km² at a distance of 13.4 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 24 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 34 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 97%, low mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (at a distance of 47 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Saarbrücken Airport (at a distance of 41 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

26.8 km2

34.2%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

44.6 km2

56.8%

Urban area

6.5 km2

8.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Thailen in country Germany

Thailen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier	Germany	28 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Völklingen Ironworks	Germany	33 km	South
3 City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications	Luxembourg	51 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Noswendeler Bruch	DE	1.1 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Weiskirchen

Type of weather in Weiskirchen	light rain
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.02 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	06:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:57 Europe/Amsterdam