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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.403,Lat: 50.4244
Elevation	428 meter above sea level
Local time	6:18:13am
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Gießen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vogelsbergkreis
Name	Freiensteinau

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Freiensteinau:Holzmühl	1.5 km	SouthEast
2 Freiensteinau:Fleschenbach	2.3 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Freiensteinau:Salz	2.6 km	West
4 Steinau an der Straße:Neustall	3.2 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Freiensteinau:Radmühl I	3.3 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	252 km	WestSouthWest
2 Praha	Czech-republic	360 km	East
3 Brussel	Belgium	360 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 340 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Main, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Kinzigtalsperre (0.6 km² at a distance of 13.1 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Taufstein with a height of 773 meter (at a distance of 15.6 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 182.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 255 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 94%, low mountains: 6%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely 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 74 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.1 km2

12.9%

Nature

1.6 km2

Agriculture

65.3 km2

83.2%

Urban area

0.9 km2

1.2%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Freiensteinau in country Germany

Freiensteinau at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	73 km	SouthWest
2 Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square	Germany	80 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	80 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Talauen bei Freiensteinau und Gewässerabschnitt der Salz	DE	0.6 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Freiensteinau

Type of weather in Freiensteinau	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.59 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	98 %
Daylength at 19 May 2024:	15 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	05:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:08 Europe/Amsterdam