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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.0649,Lat: 50.5048
Elevation	265 meter above sea level
Local time	18:51:40pm
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Gießen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Limburg-Weilburg
Name	Elbtal

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Elbtal:Elbgrund	1 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Elbtal:Heuchelheim	1.3 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Elbtal:Hangenmeilingen	1.4 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Waldbrunn (Westerwald):Ellar	2 km	East
5 Dornburg:Frickhofen	2.9 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	171 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	265 km	West
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	303 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 284 km (direction WestNorthWest).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 Wiesensee (0.8 km² at a distance of 10 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Belgium border with a straight distance of 119.3 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 167 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 19%, hill: 81%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 63 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17.3 km2

22%

Agriculture

53.3 km2

67.8%

Urban area

7.5 km2

9.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Dorchheim in country Germany

Dorchheim at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Upper Middle Rhine Valley	Germany	45 km	SouthWest
2 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	82 km	SouthEast
3 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	82 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Elbbachtal	DE	0.1 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Dorchheim

Type of weather in Dorchheim	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.85 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	68 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	15 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	05:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:10 Europe/Amsterdam