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Winterswijk

General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.7205,Lat: 51.9725
Elevation	36 meter above sea level
Local time	12:21:25pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Gelderland
Official website region	Official link Gelderland
Wiki-website Gemeente (Gemeente)	Winterswijk

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Meddo	4.6 km	North
2 Südlohn:Oeding	7.5 km	SouthEast
3 Vragender	7.7 km	WestNorthWest
4 Bredevoort	7.8 km	WestSouthWest
5 Vreden:Gaxel	7.9 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	133 km	WestNorthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	207 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	266 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 154 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: Lek, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Reeser Bruch-Nord (Badesee Rees1) (0.7 km² at a height of around 12 meter above sea level) at a distance of 29.5 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 5.6 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 7.8 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated.The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Higher soil grounds
Achterhoek

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Düsseldorf Airport (at a distance of 76 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.5 km2

6.9%

Agriculture

65 km2

82.7%

Urban area

6.8 km2

8.7%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Winterswijk in country Netherlands

Winterswijk at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen	Germany	58 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	98 km	NorthWest
3 Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House)	Netherlands	109 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bekendelle	NL	3 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Winterswijk

Type of weather in Winterswijk	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 17 August 2026:	14 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	06:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:54 Europe/Amsterdam