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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.7694,Lat: 50.6441
Elevation	358 meter above sea level
Local time	3:14:37am
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Rheinland-Pfalz
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Westerwaldkreis
Name	Hachenburg
Name	Merkelbach

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hattert:Hütte	1.1 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Wied	1.2 km	SouthWest
3 Hattert:Niederhattert	1.7 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Hattert:Mittelhattert	2.1 km	North
5 Höchstenbach	2.2 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	165 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	242 km	West
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	277 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 259 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.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 Dreifelder Weiher (1 km² at a distance of 5.9 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Belgium border with a straight distance of 101.1 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 142 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 100%, low mountains: 0%, 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
Niederwesterwald

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Cologne Bonn Airport (at a distance of 51 km and direction WestNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

36.2 km2

46.2%

Agriculture

36.8 km2

46.9%

Urban area

5.4 km2

6.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Merkelbach in country Germany

Merkelbach at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Upper Middle Rhine Valley	Germany	53 km	South
2 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	64 km	WestNorthWest
3 Cologne Cathedral	Germany	66 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Unterwesterwald bei Herschbach	DE	2.6 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Merkelbach

Type of weather in Merkelbach	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.7 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 59 minutes
Sunrise :	08:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:24 Europe/Amsterdam