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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.4075,Lat: 50.4688
Elevation	277 meter above sea level
Local time	23:04:15pm
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Hessen
Wiki-website Subregion (Regierungsbezirk)	Gießen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lahn-Dill-Kreis
Name	Braunfels
Other place with same name 1	Altenkirchen Mecklenburg-Vorpommern -
Other place with same name 2	Altenkirchen Hessen - Gießen
Other place with same name 3	Altenkirchen Rheinland-Pfalz - Gießen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Weilmünster:Möttau	1.7 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Braunfels:Neukirchen	2.7 km	EastNorthEast
3 Schöffengrund:Niederquembach	3 km	EastNorthEast
4 Braunfels:Philippstein	3.2 km	NorthWest
5 Braunfels:Bonbaden	3.7 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	190 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	290 km	West
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	323 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 308 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 24.8 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Belgium border with a straight distance of 142.9 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 200 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 7%, hill: 93%, 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 forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Frankfurt am Main Airport (at a distance of 49 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

43 km2

54.8%

Agriculture

30.6 km2

38.9%

Urban area

4.7 km2

5.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Altenkirchen in country Germany

Altenkirchen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Upper Middle Rhine Valley	Germany	60 km	WestSouthWest
2 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	66 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	68 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Heiligerwald-Blessestein-Eichenkopf	DE	0.6 km	EastNorthEast

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