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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.9276,Lat: 50.2706
Elevation	125 meter above sea level
Local time	18:10:56pm
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Hessen
Wiki-website Subregion (Regierungsbezirk)	Darmstadt
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Wetteraukreis
Name	Altenstadt
Other place with same name 1	Höchst Hessen - Darmstadt
Other place with same name 2	Höchst Hessen - Darmstadt - Frankfurt am Main
Other place with same name 3	Höchst Vorarlberg - Bregenz

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Altenstadt:Oberau	1.2 km	EastNorthEast
2 Nidderau:Eichen	2.1 km	SouthWest
3 Altenstadt	2.1 km	NorthEast
4 Altenstadt:Waldsiedlung	2.6 km	East
5 Limeshain:Rommelhausen	3.4 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	214 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	330 km	WestNorthWest
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	351 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 351 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Main, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Hörsteiner See (0.6 km² at a height of around 110 meter above sea level) at a distance of 24.1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 152.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 214 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 95%, hill: 5%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 37 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

25.8 km2

32.8%

Agriculture

47.1 km2

60%

Urban area

5.6 km2

7.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Höchst in country Germany

Höchst at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	41 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	48 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch	Germany	73 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Wetterau	DE	0.3 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Altenstadt

Type of weather in Altenstadt	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.27 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	994 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 44 minutes
Sunrise :	07:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:32 Europe/Amsterdam