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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.178,Lat: 50.5498
Elevation	319 meter above sea level
Local time	5:10:36am
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Gießen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Limburg-Weilburg
Name	Mengerskirchen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Merenberg:Rückershausen	1.6 km	SouthWest
2 Mengerskirchen:Probbach	1.8 km	EastSouthEast
3 Merenberg:Reichenborn	2.1 km	South
4 Mengerskirchen	2.4 km	NorthWest
5 Mengerskirchen:Dillhausen	2.7 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	180 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	272 km	West
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	305 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 290 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 Krombachtalsperre (1 km² at a distance of 7.7 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Belgium border with a straight distance of 128 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 179 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 1%, hill: 96%, low mountains: 4%, 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.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Frankfurt am Main Airport (at a distance of 63 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

33.1 km2

42.1%

Nature

0.2 km2

0.2%

Agriculture

41.1 km2

52.3%

Urban area

3.9 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Winkels in country Germany

Winkels at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Upper Middle Rhine Valley	Germany	54 km	SouthWest
2 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	82 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	83 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Maienburg bei Winkels	DE	0.6 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Winkels

Type of weather in Winkels	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	15 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	05:51 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:56 Europe/Amsterdam