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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.3025,Lat: 51.0542
Elevation	237 meter above sea level
Local time	17:32:47pm
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Wiki-website Subregion (Regierungsbezirk)	Köln
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
Name	Kürten

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kürten:Bornen	0.9 km	WestSouthWest
2 Kürten:Olpe	1.5 km	SouthWest
3 Kürten:Dahl	2.2 km	EastNorthEast
4 Kürten	2.7 km	West
5 Wipperfürth:Ente	2.8 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	181 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	209 km	West
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	222 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 216 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.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 Dhünn-Talsperre (5.2 km² at a height of around 176 meter above sea level) at a distance of 3.9 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 79.8 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 112 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 19%, hill: 81%, 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 agriculture.

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

Name
NR-338

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Cologne Bonn Airport (at a distance of 24 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

25.8 km2

32.8%

Agriculture

48.9 km2

62.2%

Urban area

2.4 km2

3.1%

Water - Lakes

0.7 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Forsten in country Germany

Forsten at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cologne Cathedral	Germany	27 km	WestSouthWest
2 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	38 km	SouthWest
3 Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen	Germany	52 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Dhünn u. Eifgenbach	DE	8.7 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Dörpe

Type of weather in Dörpe	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.43 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	994 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	07:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:36 Europe/Amsterdam