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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.2522,Lat: 51.6224
Elevation	78 meter above sea level
Local time	2:46:59am
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Wiki-website Subregion (Regierungsbezirk)	Münster
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Recklinghausen
Name	Recklinghausen
Other place with same name 1	Essel Niedersachsen -
Other place with same name 2	Essel Niedersachsen - - Heidekreis

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Recklinghausen:Suderwich	1.7 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Oer-Erkenschwick	2 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Datteln:Horneburg	3.1 km	EastNorthEast
4 Recklinghausen:Röllinghausen	3.5 km	South
5 Recklinghausen	3.9 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	182 km	WestNorthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	220 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	238 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 204 km (direction North).The coastline is located in another country namely Netherlands.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Lower - Ruhr, Lippe, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Halterner Stausee (3 km² at a height of around 38 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.8 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 46.7 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 65 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southern 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-543

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Düsseldorf Airport (at a distance of 50 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Dortmund Airport (at a distance of 28 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.8 km2

6.1%

Agriculture

44.5 km2

56.7%

Urban area

28.1 km2

35.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Essel in country Germany

Essel at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen	Germany	20 km	SouthWest
2 Cologne Cathedral	Germany	79 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	92 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Die Burg	DE	5.6 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Oer-Erkenschwick

Type of weather in Oer-Erkenschwick	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.61 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 49 minutes
Sunrise :	08:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:22 Europe/Amsterdam