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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 10.6862,Lat: 51.7443
Elevation	506 meter above sea level
Local time	2:27:34am
Name province/region	Sachsen-Anhalt
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Harz
Name	Oberharz am Brocken

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Wernigerode:Schierke	3 km	NorthWest
2 Oberharz am Brocken:Rothehütte	4.8 km	East
3 Oberharz am Brocken:Königshütte (Harz)	5.5 km	East
4 Braunlage	5.5 km	WestSouthWest
5 Oberharz am Brocken:Tanne	5.8 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Berlin	Germany	205 km	EastNorthEast
2 Praha	Czech-republic	321 km	EastSouthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	400 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 245 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Saale, part of the larger catchment area Elbe. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Rappbodevorsperre (0.4 km² at a distance of 8.1 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Brocken with a height of 1142 meter (at a distance of 7.8 km and direction NorthWest).One of the mountains in Harz The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 186.9 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 262 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 11%, low mountains: 81%, moderate high mountains: 8%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Harz

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Hannover Airport (at a distance of 105 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

72.4 km2

92.1%

Nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

4.3 km2

5.5%

Urban area

1.3 km2

1.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Elend in country Germany

Elend at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System	Germany	25 km	WestNorthWest
2 Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg	Germany	32 km	East
3 Fagus Factory in Alfeld	Germany	66 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Elendstal im Hochharz	DE	0.2 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Schierke

Type of weather in Schierke	few clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.55 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 21 May 2024:	15 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	05:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:12 Europe/Amsterdam