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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.3205,Lat: 49.4424
Elevation	313 meter above sea level
Local time	7:34:33am
Name province/region	Rheinland-Pfalz
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Kusel
Name	Schönenberg-Kübelberg
Name	Altenkirchen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Dittweiler	1.7 km	SouthEast
2 Frohnhofen	1.9 km	NorthWest
3 Ohmbach	2.3 km	EastNorthEast
4 Krottelbach	2.8 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Brücken (Pfalz)	3.1 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	89 km	WestNorthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	263 km	NorthWest
3 Bern	Switzerland	278 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 305 km (direction NorthWest).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 Bostalsee (1.4 km² at a height of around 399 meter above sea level) at a distance of 22 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 30 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 42 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Nordpfälzer Bergland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (at a distance of 83 km and direction WestNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19.6 km2

24.9%

Agriculture

55.7 km2

70.9%

Urban area

3.3 km2

4.3%

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 Völklingen Ironworks	Germany	41 km	WestSouthWest
2 Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier	Germany	60 km	NorthWest
3 ShUM Sites of Speyer, Worms and Mainz	Germany	82 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ostertal	DE	4 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Altenkirchen

Type of weather in Altenkirchen	clear sky
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.64 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 14 May 2024:	15 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	05:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:06 Europe/Amsterdam