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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.5437,Lat: 51.1311
Elevation	192 meter above sea level
Local time	12:15:20pm
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Kassel
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Schwalm-Eder-Kreis
Name	Melsungen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Melsungen:Obermelsungen	1.7 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Melsungen:Schwarzenberg	2.4 km	NorthEast
3 Melsungen:Röhrenfurth	2.7 km	North
4 Melsungen:Adelshausen	3 km	SouthEast
5 Felsberg:Melgershausen	3.8 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	296 km	WestSouthWest
2 Berlin	Germany	308 km	EastNorthEast
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	350 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 267 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Weser main Upper - Fulda, Werra, part of the larger catchment area Weser. The nearest bigger lake is Singliser See (0.7 km² at a distance of 18 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 201.9 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 283 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 19%, hill: 81%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 140 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

36.4 km2

46.3%

Agriculture

35.6 km2

45.2%

Urban area

6.6 km2

8.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Melsungen in country Germany

Melsungen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe	Germany	23 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Wartburg Castle	Germany	57 km	EastSouthEast
3 Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey	Germany	73 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Riedforst bei Melsungen	DE	1.7 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Melsungen

Type of weather in Melsungen	few clouds
Current temperature:	23 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	49 %
Daylength at 13 May 2024:	15 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	05:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:02 Europe/Amsterdam