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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.8041,Lat: 50.0458
Elevation	164 meter above sea level
Local time	21:33:52pm
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Hessen
Wiki-website Subregion (Regierungsbezirk)	Darmstadt
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis
Name	Lorch
Other place with same name 1	Lorch Baden-Württemberg - Stuttgart

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oberdiebach:Rheindiebach	1.2 km	WestSouthWest
2 Niederheimbach	1.4 km	South
3 Lorch:Lorchhausen	1.6 km	NorthWest
4 Bacharach:Medenscheid	2.2 km	West
5 Oberdiebach	2.4 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	130 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	261 km	WestNorthWest
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	329 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 290 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 is Altrheinsee (0.5 km² at a distance of 53.2 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Luxembourg-German border with a straight distance of 95.2 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 133 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 27%, hill: 69%, low mountains: 3%, 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 forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Frankfurt am Main Airport (at a distance of 54 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

49.3 km2

62.7%

Nature

2.7 km2

3.4%

Agriculture

12.6 km2

16%

Viticulture

7.2 km2

9.2%

Urban area

1.7 km2

2.2%

Water - Lakes

4.9 km2

6.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lorch in country Germany

Lorch at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Upper Middle Rhine Valley	Germany	16 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	65 km	EastSouthEast
3 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	70 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Wispertaunus	DE	0 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lorchhausen

Type of weather in Lorchhausen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.94 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	996 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 46 minutes
Sunrise :	07:51 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:37 Europe/Amsterdam