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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.7888,Lat: 51.3344
Elevation	425 meter above sea level
Local time	13:44:09pm
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Kassel
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Waldeck-Frankenberg
Name	Diemelsee

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Diemelsee:Sudeck	2 km	WestNorthWest
2 Diemelsee:Flechtdorf	2.7 km	EastSouthEast
3 Diemelsee:Wirmighausen	2.9 km	EastNorthEast
4 Diemelsee:Rhenegge	3 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Diemelsee:Adorf	3.1 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	269 km	SouthWest
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	292 km	WestNorthWest
3 Brussel	Belgium	315 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 233 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Weser main Upper - Fulda, Werra, part of the larger catchment area Weser. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Diemelsee (1.6 km² at a distance of 5 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 152.7 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 214 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 72%, low mountains: 28%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Cologne Bonn Airport (at a distance of 127 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (at a distance of 33 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

23.3 km2

29.6%

Agriculture

53.6 km2

68.2%

Urban area

1.6 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Benkhausen in country Germany

Benkhausen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe	Germany	42 km	East
2 Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey	Germany	66 km	NorthEast
3 Fagus Factory in Alfeld	Germany	101 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Kahlen-Berg bei Adorf	DE	2 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Schweinsbühl

Type of weather in Schweinsbühl	broken clouds
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.48 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	52 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	15 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	05:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:09 Europe/Amsterdam