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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.3141,Lat: 51.0787
Elevation	94 meter above sea level
Local time	3:16:36am
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Wiki-website Subregion (Regierungsbezirk)	Köln
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Heinsberg
Name	Erkelenz

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Erkelenz:Oerath	1.9 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Erkelenz:Bellinghoven	1.9 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Erkelenz:Terheeg	2 km	East
4 Erkelenz:Matzerath	2.2 km	West
5 Erkelenz:Mennekrath	2.2 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	140 km	West
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	164 km	South
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	174 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 147 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Meuse. The nearest bigger lake is Blausteinsee (1.1 km² at a height of around 128 meter above sea level) at a distance of 24.6 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 13.1 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 18 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
NR-554

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Düsseldorf Airport (at a distance of 39 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.7 km2

2.1%

Agriculture

66.3 km2

84.4%

Urban area

10.6 km2

13.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Erkelenz in country Germany

Erkelenz at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	37 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Cologne Cathedral	Germany	48 km	EastSouthEast
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	50 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Schwalm, Knippertzbach, Raderveekes u. Lüttelforster Bruch	DE	4.9 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Östrich

Type of weather in Östrich	light rain
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.36 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise :	08:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:28 Europe/Amsterdam