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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.8753,Lat: 51.3602
Elevation	263 meter above sea level
Local time	19:01:11pm
Name province/region	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Name Subregion	Arnsberg
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Märkischer Kreis
Name	Balve

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Balve:Sansscouci	0.9 km	South
2 Balve:Beckum	1.4 km	EastSouthEast
3 Balve:Eisborn	3 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Balve	3.4 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Hemer:Brockhausen	3.6 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	231 km	SouthWest
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	234 km	WestNorthWest
3 Brussel	Belgium	253 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 228 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Lower - Ruhr, Lippe, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Sorpesee (2.8 km² at a height of around 282 meter above sea level) at a distance of 4.9 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 98.3 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 138 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 1%, hill: 97%, low mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
NR-337-E2

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Cologne Bonn Airport (at a distance of 75 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Dortmund Airport (at a distance of 25 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

36.5 km2

46.5%

Nature

1.5 km2

1.9%

Agriculture

34.7 km2

44.2%

Urban area

3.6 km2

4.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Volkringhausen in country Germany

Volkringhausen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen	Germany	59 km	WestNorthWest
2 Cologne Cathedral	Germany	79 km	SouthWest
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	90 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Balver Wald	DE	0.2 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Balve

Type of weather in Balve	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.42 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	15 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	05:49 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:00 Europe/Amsterdam