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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.9693,Lat: 50.737
Elevation	224 meter above sea level
Local time	18:58:07pm
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Hessen
Wiki-website Subregion (Regierungsbezirk)	Gießen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vogelsbergkreis
Name	Homberg (Ohm)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Homberg (Ohm):Ober-Ofleiden	0.7 km	EastSouthEast
2 Homberg (Ohm):Haarhausen	1.4 km	WestNorthWest
3 Homberg (Ohm):Nieder-Ofleiden	1.9 km	North
4 Homberg (Ohm)	2.4 km	EastSouthEast
5 Amöneburg:Erfurtshausen	2.4 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	239 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	326 km	West
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	336 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 300 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Medium - Nahe, Lahn, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Aartalsee (1 km² at a distance of 34.5 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Belgium border with a straight distance of 186.4 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 261 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 8%, hill: 92%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 83 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

26.9 km2

34.3%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.3%

Wet nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

45.7 km2

58.2%

Urban area

4.4 km2

5.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gontershausen in country Germany

Gontershausen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe	Germany	71 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	93 km	South
3 Wartburg Castle	Germany	98 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Amöneburger Becken	DE	1.4 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Homberg (Ohm)

Type of weather in Homberg (Ohm)	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	995 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 41 minutes
Sunrise :	07:49 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:30 Europe/Amsterdam