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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 10.6151,Lat: 51.5845
Elevation	281 meter above sea level
Local time	22:13:01pm
Name province/region	Niedersachsen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Osterode am Harz
Name	Walkenried
Name	Walkenried

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hohenstein:Branderode	2.3 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Bad Sachsa:Neuhof	2.5 km	WestSouthWest
3 Hohenstein:Obersachswerfen	3.3 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Hohenstein:Klettenberg	3.5 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Ellrich	3.5 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Berlin	Germany	218 km	EastNorthEast
2 Praha	Czech-republic	315 km	EastSouthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	386 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 258 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Saale, part of the larger catchment area Elbe. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Oderstausee (1.1 km² at a height of around 376 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9.5 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Poppenberg with a height of 601 meter (at a distance of 14.8 km and direction East). The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 175.2 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 245 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 99%, low mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly southern 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
Weser- und Weser-Leinebergland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Leipzig/Halle Airport (at a distance of 114 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

27.6 km2

35.2%

Agriculture

42.3 km2

53.8%

Urban area

8.4 km2

10.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Walkenried in country Germany

Walkenried 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	32 km	NorthWest
2 Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg	Germany	43 km	EastNorthEast
3 Fagus Factory in Alfeld	Germany	71 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Gipskarstgebiet bei Bad Sachsa	DE	0.3 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Walkenried

Type of weather in Walkenried	broken clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.77 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	79 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	14 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	05:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:40 Europe/Amsterdam