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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.8971,Lat: 54.275
Elevation	34 meter above sea level
Local time	8:29:56am
Name province/region	Schleswig-Holstein
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Rendsburg-Eckernförde
Name	Achterwehr
Name	Westensee

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Westensee:Brux	1.9 km	West
2 Emkendorf	3.2 km	WestSouthWest
3 Felde	3.9 km	NorthEast
4 Westensee:Wrohe	4 km	EastSouthEast
5 Langwedel:Blocksdorf	4.5 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 København	Denmark	235 km	NorthEast
2 Berlin	Germany	304 km	SouthEast
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	395 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 16 km (direction EastNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vidaa-Krusaa. The nearest bigger lake is Westensee (7.2 km² at a height of around 5 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.4 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Danish-German border with a straight distance of 68.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 96 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 13%, low location: 87%, The hills are mainly western 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
Östliches Hügelland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (at a distance of 72 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19 km2

24.2%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

50.5 km2

64.3%

Urban area

1.5 km2

1.9%

Water - Lakes

7.1 km2

9.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Westensee in country Germany

Westensee at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Archaeological Border complex of Hedeby and the Danevirke	Germany	36 km	NorthWest
2 Hanseatic City of Lübeck	Germany	69 km	SouthEast
3 Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus	Germany	81 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Gebiet der Oberen Eider incl. Seen	DE	0.4 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Westensee
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	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Westensee
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	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Westensee

Type of weather in Westensee	broken clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	70 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	15 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	05:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:50 Europe/Amsterdam