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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 11.7553,Lat: 51.8249
Elevation	57 meter above sea level
Local time	3:29:08am
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Sachsen-Anhalt
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Salzlandkreis
Name	Nienburg (Saale)
Other place with same name 1	Altenburg Nordrhein-Westfalen - Münster
Other place with same name 2	Altenburg Nordrhein-Westfalen - Köln
Other place with same name 3	Altenburg Hessen - Kassel
Other place with same name 4	Altenburg Hessen - Gießen
Other place with same name 5	Altenburg Thüringen - Gießen
Other place with same name 6	Altenburg Rheinland-Pfalz - Gießen
Other place with same name 7	Altenburg Rheinland-Pfalz - Gießen - Ahrweiler
Other place with same name 8	Altenburg Baden-Württemberg - Freiburg
Other place with same name 9	Altenburg Baden-Württemberg - Tübingen
Other place with same name 10	Altenburg Niederösterreich - Horn

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Nienburg (Saale)	1.5 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Nienburg (Saale):Grimschleben	2.4 km	EastNorthEast
3 Bernburg (Saale):Strenzfeld	3.1 km	West
4 Bernburg (Saale):Dröbel	3.2 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Bernburg (Saale)	3.6 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Berlin	Germany	137 km	NorthEast
2 Praha	Czech-republic	269 km	SouthEast
3 København	Denmark	437 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 231 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Saale, part of the larger catchment area Elbe. The nearest bigger lake is Kiessee Barby (1.4 km² at a height of around 47 meter above sea level) at a distance of 17.7 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 167.4 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 234 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 Leipzig/Halle Airport (at a distance of 56 km and direction SouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.9 km2

4.9%

Agriculture

53.8 km2

68.5%

Urban area

17 km2

21.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Altenburg in country Germany

Altenburg at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg	Germany	42 km	West
2 Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz	Germany	46 km	East
3 Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg	Germany	62 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Nienburger Auwald-Mosaik	DE	1.6 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Nienburg/Saale

Type of weather in Nienburg/Saale	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.76 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 47 minutes
Sunrise :	08:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:03 Europe/Amsterdam