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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 10.7322,Lat: 51.9005
Elevation	180 meter above sea level
Local time	17:24:40pm
Name province/region	Sachsen-Anhalt
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Harz
Name	Nordharz

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Nordharz:Schmatzfeld	2.6 km	EastSouthEast
2 Nordharz:Wasserleben	2.9 km	NorthEast
3 Nordharz:Langeln	4.4 km	EastNorthEast
4 Nordharz:Stapelburg	4.8 km	West
5 Ilsenburg (Harz):Drübeck	5 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Berlin	Germany	195 km	EastNorthEast
2 Praha	Czech-republic	328 km	SouthEast
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	403 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 227 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Saale, part of the larger catchment area Elbe. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Eckertalsperre (0.8 km² at a distance of 12 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Brocken with a height of 1142 meter (at a distance of 13.8 km and direction SouthWest).One of the mountains in Harz The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 200.2 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 280 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 49%, hill: 51%, The hills are mainly northern 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 Hannover Airport (at a distance of 95 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5 km2

6.3%

Agriculture

66.9 km2

85.2%

Urban area

6.4 km2

8.1%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Veckenstedt in country Germany

Veckenstedt at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System	Germany	28 km	WestSouthWest
2 Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg	Germany	32 km	EastSouthEast
3 St Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church at Hildesheim	Germany	61 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rohnberg, Westerberg und Köhlerholz bei Ilsenburg	DE	4.3 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Veckenstedt

Type of weather in Veckenstedt	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.29 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	62 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	15 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	05:39 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:47 Europe/Amsterdam