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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.6638,Lat: 51.7396
Elevation	101 meter above sea level
Local time	2:51:16am
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Wiki-website Subregion (Regierungsbezirk)	Detmold
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Paderborn
Name	Paderborn

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Paderborn:Sande	2.2 km	North
2 Paderborn:Elser Holz	2.4 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Delbrück:Bentfeld	2.6 km	West
4 Paderborn:Schloß Neuhaus	3.4 km	East
5 Salzkotten:Scharmede	3.7 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	268 km	WestNorthWest
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	297 km	SouthWest
3 Brussel	Belgium	317 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 187 km (direction North).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 Lippesee (0.7 km² at a height of around 94 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.9 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 123.1 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 172 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
NR-542

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Hannover Airport (at a distance of 107 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (at a distance of 14 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.6 km2

Agriculture

58.4 km2

74.4%

Urban area

13.2 km2

16.8%

Water - Lakes

4.1 km2

5.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gesseln in country Germany

Gesseln at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey	Germany	52 km	East
2 Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe	Germany	69 km	SouthEast
3 Fagus Factory in Alfeld	Germany	84 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vogelschutzgebiet Hellwegbörde	DE	3.8 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bentfeld

Type of weather in Bentfeld	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 48 minutes
Sunrise :	08:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:15 Europe/Amsterdam