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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.7509,Lat: 50.9659
Elevation	83 meter above sea level
Local time	3:05:01am
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Wiki-website Subregion (Regierungsbezirk)	Köln
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Rhein-Erft-Kreis
Name	Bergheim

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pulheim:Brauweiler	2.3 km	EastSouthEast
2 Pulheim:Manstedten	2.7 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Pulheim:Geyen	3 km	EastNorthEast
4 Bergheim:Fliesteden	3.1 km	North
5 Frechen:Königsdorf	3.5 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	157 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	169 km	West
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	203 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 180 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 is Otto-Maigler-See (0.6 km² at a height of around 88 meter above sea level) at a distance of 11.3 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 45.7 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 64 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 99%, hill: 1%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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-551

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Cologne Bonn Airport (at a distance of 30 km and direction EastSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.6 km2

16%

Agriculture

51.4 km2

65.5%

Urban area

11.2 km2

14.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Glessen in country Germany

Glessen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cologne Cathedral	Germany	15 km	EastSouthEast
2 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	19 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	52 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Königsdorfer Forst	DE	0.9 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Glessen

Type of weather in Glessen	light rain
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	08:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:27 Europe/Amsterdam