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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.9393,Lat: 49.5259
Elevation	331 meter above sea level
Local time	1:09:51am
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Saarland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Merzig-Wadern
Name	Wadern

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Wadern:Altland	2.3 km	SouthWest
2 Tholey:Überroth-Niederhofen	2.9 km	South
3 Nonnweiler:Primstal	3 km	EastNorthEast
4 Wadern:Rathen	3.2 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Wadern	3.9 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	60 km	WestNorthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	236 km	NorthWest
3 Bern	Switzerland	289 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 279 km (direction NorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Moselle, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Bostalsee (1.4 km² at a height of around 399 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9.7 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 30 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 42 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 99%, low mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (at a distance of 54 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Saarbrücken Airport (at a distance of 37 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

32.1 km2

40.8%

Nature

0.2 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

40.6 km2

51.7%

Urban area

5.4 km2

6.9%

Infrastructure

0.2 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Krettnich in country Germany

Krettnich at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Völklingen Ironworks	Germany	32 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier	Germany	33 km	NorthWest
3 City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications	Luxembourg	59 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Prims	DE	0.1 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Krettnich

Type of weather in Krettnich	light rain
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.27 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 24 November 2024:	8 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	07:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:40 Europe/Amsterdam