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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.0358,Lat: 50.4135
Elevation	126 meter above sea level
Local time	3:13:35am
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Gießen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Limburg-Weilburg
Name	Elz

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gückingen	3 km	SouthWest
2 Limburg an der Lahn	3.6 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Aull	3.9 km	SouthWest
4 Hadamar	4 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Elz:Malmeneich	4.2 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	164 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	265 km	WestNorthWest
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	309 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 286 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 19.1 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Belgium border with a straight distance of 116.1 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 163 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 75%, hill: 25%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately 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 56 km and direction SouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.4 km2

19.5%

Agriculture

43 km2

54.8%

Urban area

19.5 km2

24.9%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Elz in country Germany

Elz at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Upper Middle Rhine Valley	Germany	36 km	SouthWest
2 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	75 km	SouthEast
3 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	75 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Elbbachaue östlich von Elz	DE	0.7 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Elz

Type of weather in Elz	broken clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.83 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 10 May 2024:	15 hour and 14 minutes
Sunrise :	05:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:01 Europe/Amsterdam