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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.2019,Lat: 50.4622
Elevation	436 meter above sea level
Local time	16:04:43pm
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Gießen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vogelsbergkreis
Name	Schotten

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Schotten:Kaulstoß	1.7 km	EastNorthEast
2 Schotten:Sichenhausen	3.3 km	EastNorthEast
3 Schotten:Eschenrod	3.6 km	WestNorthWest
4 Gedern	4.2 km	South
5 Schotten:Busenborn	4.6 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	240 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	345 km	West
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	367 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 333 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 22.7 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Taufstein with a height of 773 meter (at a distance of 6.7 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 179.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 252 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 67%, low mountains: 33%, The hills are mainly western orientated. 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 66 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

28.7 km2

36.5%

Nature

2.6 km2

3.3%

Agriculture

44.5 km2

56.6%

Urban area

2 km2

2.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Burkhards in country Germany

Burkhards at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	69 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	76 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square	Germany	91 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Hoher Vogelsberg	DE	0 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Burkhards

Type of weather in Burkhards	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.59 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	15 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	05:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:05 Europe/Amsterdam