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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.0744,Lat: 51.6007
Elevation	91 meter above sea level
Local time	20:52:33pm
Name province/region	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Name Subregion	Arnsberg
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Soest
Name	Soest

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Soest:Katrop	1.2 km	EastNorthEast
2 Soest:Hattropholsen	1.5 km	SouthWest
3 Soest:Hattrop	2.2 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Welver:Borgeln	2.6 km	West
5 Soest:Lühringsen	2.7 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	235 km	WestNorthWest
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	261 km	SouthWest
3 Brussel	Belgium	273 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 200 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Lower - Ruhr, Lippe, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Möhnesee (8.9 km² at a height of around 213 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.2 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 95 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 133 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
NR-542

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Düsseldorf Airport (at a distance of 97 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Dortmund Airport (at a distance of 33 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.7 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

67.4 km2

85.8%

Urban area

9.9 km2

12.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Meckingsen in country Germany

Meckingsen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen	Germany	72 km	West
2 Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey	Germany	94 km	East
3 Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe	Germany	97 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vogelschutzgebiet Hellwegbörde	DE	0.1 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Stocklarn

Type of weather in Stocklarn	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.98 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1025 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 9 May 2024:	15 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	05:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:03 Europe/Amsterdam