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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.8728,Lat: 51.323
Elevation	373 meter above sea level
Local time	3:14:56am
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Hessen
Wiki-website Subregion (Regierungsbezirk)	Kassel
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Waldeck-Frankenberg
Name	Korbach

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Twistetal:Berndorf	2.7 km	EastSouthEast
2 Twistetal:Mühlhausen	2.7 km	EastNorthEast
3 Diemelsee:Flechtdorf	3.3 km	West
4 Twistetal:Gembeck	3.9 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Diemelsee:Wirmighausen	4.2 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	273 km	SouthWest
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	298 km	WestNorthWest
3 Brussel	Belgium	321 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 235 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Weser main Upper - Fulda, Werra, part of the larger catchment area Weser. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Diemelsee (1.6 km² at a distance of 10.9 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 158.5 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 222 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 92%, low mountains: 8%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 Cologne Bonn Airport (at a distance of 131 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (at a distance of 37 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17.8 km2

22.6%

Agriculture

56.5 km2

71.8%

Urban area

4.3 km2

5.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Helmscheid in country Germany

Helmscheid at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe	Germany	36 km	East
2 Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey	Germany	63 km	NorthEast
3 Fagus Factory in Alfeld	Germany	98 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Twiste mit Wilde, Watter und Aar	DE	2.9 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gembeck

Type of weather in Gembeck	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	08:25 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:17 Europe/Amsterdam