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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.5011,Lat: 50.5544
Elevation	190 meter above sea level
Local time	10:36:04am
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Gießen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lahn-Dill-Kreis
Name	Wetzlar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Wetzlar:Garbenheim	2.3 km	EastNorthEast
2 Wetzlar:Steindorf	3.3 km	WestSouthWest
3 Aßlar	4.7 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Solms:Albshausen	4.7 km	WestSouthWest
5 Lahnau:Waldgirmes	5.1 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	200 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	295 km	West
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	322 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 311 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Medium - Nahe, Lahn, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Aartalsee (1 km² at a distance of 14.7 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Belgium border with a straight distance of 150.7 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 211 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 42%, hill: 58%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Frankfurt am Main Airport (at a distance of 58 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.7 km2

26.3%

Nature

2.1 km2

2.6%

Agriculture

34.2 km2

43.5%

Urban area

20.3 km2

25.8%

Infrastructure

0.8 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wetzlar in country Germany

Wetzlar at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Upper Middle Rhine Valley	Germany	71 km	SouthWest
2 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	73 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	76 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Weinberg bei Wetzlar	DE	2.1 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Wetzlar
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Wetzlar

Type of weather in Wetzlar	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.18 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	15 hour and 2 minutes
Sunrise :	05:51 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:53 Europe/Amsterdam