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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.6723,Lat: 50.6356
Elevation	175 meter above sea level
Local time	2:19:12am
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Gießen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gießen
Name	Wettenberg

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Wettenberg:Launsbach	1.8 km	SouthWest
2 Lollar	2.8 km	EastNorthEast
3 Wettenberg:Krofdorf-Gleiberg	3.1 km	WestSouthWest
4 Lollar:Ruttershausen	4 km	NorthEast
5 Lollar:Odenhausen	4.8 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	215 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	306 km	West
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	326 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 309 km (direction North).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 14.4 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Belgium border with a straight distance of 164.1 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 230 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 48%, hill: 52%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 67 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

28.3 km2

36.1%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

35.5 km2

45.2%

Urban area

13.3 km2

16.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wißmar in country Germany

Wißmar at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	80 km	South
2 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	84 km	South
3 Upper Middle Rhine Valley	Germany	86 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Krofdorfer Forst	DE	1.1 km	North

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Launsbach

Type of weather in Launsbach	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.4 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	15 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	05:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:56 Europe/Amsterdam