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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.1594,Lat: 50.4263
Elevation	192 meter above sea level
Local time	3:01:10am
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Gießen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Limburg-Weilburg
Name	Runkel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Runkel:Eschenau	1.6 km	NorthEast
2 Runkel	2.3 km	South
3 Beselich:Niedertiefenbach	2.6 km	NorthWest
4 Runkel:Steeden	2.7 km	WestSouthWest
5 Beselich:Schupbach	3.3 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	172 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	273 km	WestNorthWest
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	314 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 293 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.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 Wiesensee (0.8 km² at a distance of 20.9 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Belgium border with a straight distance of 125 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 175 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 56%, hill: 44%, The hills are mainly southern 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 52 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18 km2

22.9%

Agriculture

53.2 km2

67.7%

Urban area

6.4 km2

8.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hofen in country Germany

Hofen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Upper Middle Rhine Valley	Germany	43 km	SouthWest
2 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	71 km	SouthEast
3 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	71 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lahntal und seine Hänge	DE	0.2 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Hofen
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Steeden

Type of weather in Steeden	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	15 hour and 29 minutes
Sunrise :	05:39 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:08 Europe/Amsterdam