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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.3101,Lat: 50.3535
Elevation	308 meter above sea level
Local time	12:18:08pm
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Darmstadt
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Main-Kinzig-Kreis
Name	Birstein

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Birstein:Obersotzbach	1.4 km	EastSouthEast
2 Birstein:Untersotzbach	1.8 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Birstein:Unterreichenbach	2.1 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Birstein:Hettersroth	2.8 km	WestSouthWest
5 Birstein:Oberreichenbach	3.2 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	243 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	355 km	West
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	358 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 347 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Main, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Kinzigtalsperre (0.6 km² at a distance of 8.6 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Taufstein with a height of 773 meter (at a distance of 18.9 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 172.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 241 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 3%, hill: 97%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 Frankfurt am Main Airport (at a distance of 64 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.5 km2

26.1%

Nature

0.9 km2

1.1%

Agriculture

54 km2

68.8%

Urban area

3.2 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Birstein in country Germany

Birstein at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	63 km	SouthWest
2 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	70 km	SouthWest
3 Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square	Germany	77 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Reichenbach und Riedbach bei Birstein	DE	0.3 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Birstein

Type of weather in Birstein	clear sky
Current temperature:	23 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.83 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	56 %
Daylength at 14 May 2024:	15 hour and 25 minutes
Sunrise :	05:36 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:01 Europe/Amsterdam