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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.3615,Lat: 50.5646
Elevation	473 meter above sea level
Local time	23:14:29pm
Name province/region	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Name Subregion	Köln
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Städteregion Aachen
Name	Simmerath

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Simmerath:Einruhr	2.2 km	NorthEast
2 Simmerath:Hammer	2.4 km	West
3 Simmerath:Rauchenauel	2.5 km	North
4 Schleiden:Dreiborn	4 km	SouthEast
5 Simmerath:Eicherscheid	4.2 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	108 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	145 km	WestNorthWest
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	226 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 172 km (direction NorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Meuse. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Rurtalsperre Obersee (2 km² at a height of around 281 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.7 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Signal de Botrange with a height of 694 meter (at a distance of 20.2 km and direction WestSouthWest).One of the mountains in High Fens, part of the mountain range Ardennes. The most nearby international border is the German-Belgium border with a straight distance of 8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 11.1 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 46%, low mountains: 54%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
NR-282

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Cologne Bonn Airport (at a distance of 65 km and direction EastNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

41.3 km2

52.6%

Nature

15.2 km2

19.4%

Agriculture

19.5 km2

24.8%

Urban area

1.7 km2

2.1%

Water - Lakes

0.9 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Erkensruhr in country Germany

Erkensruhr at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	30 km	NorthWest
2 The Great Spa Towns of Europe	Austria,Belgium, Czechia,France, Germany,Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	36 km	West
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	48 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bachtäler im Truppenübungsplatz Vogelsang	DE	0.1 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Widdau

Type of weather in Widdau	light rain
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	15 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :	05:46 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:15 Europe/Amsterdam