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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 10.0471,Lat: 50.5294
Elevation	743 meter above sea level
Local time	18:12:48pm
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Thüringen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Schmalkalden-Meiningen
Name	Hohe Rhön
Name	Birx

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Frankenheim/Rhön	2.1 km	NorthEast
2 Ehrenberg (Rhön):Seiferts	2.4 km	West
3 Ehrenberg (Rhön):Thaiden	2.7 km	WestNorthWest
4 Ehrenberg (Rhön):Melperts	3 km	SouthWest
5 Hilders:Batten	3.9 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	299 km	WestSouthWest
2 Praha	Czech-republic	315 km	East
3 Berlin	Germany	321 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 342 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Weser main Upper - Fulda, Werra, part of the larger catchment area Weser. The nearest bigger lake is Rückhaltebecken Grimmelshausen (0.9 km² at a distance of 42.5 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Wasserkuppe with a height of 950 meter (at a distance of 8.7 km and direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 147.8 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 207 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 5%, low mountains: 84%, moderate high mountains: 11%, The hills are mainly western 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
Hohe Rhön
Hohe Rhön

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Frankfurt am Main Airport (at a distance of 119 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

26.8 km2

34.1%

Nature

4.5 km2

5.7%

Wet nature

0.5 km2

0.7%

Agriculture

44.9 km2

57.1%

Urban area

1.4 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Birx in country Germany

Birx at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Wartburg Castle	Germany	52 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square	Germany	82 km	South
3 Town of Bamberg	Germany	93 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Thüringische Rhön	DE	0.2 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Birx

Type of weather in Birx	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.28 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	995 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	07:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:27 Europe/Amsterdam