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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.42,Lat: 50.8446
Elevation	107 meter above sea level
Local time	21:25:13pm
Name province/region	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Name Subregion	Köln
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Düren
Name	Düren

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Düren:Echtz	2.1 km	South
2 Düren:Hoven	2.1 km	SouthEast
3 Niederzier:Selhausen	2.4 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Inden: Pier	2.6 km	NorthWest
5 Niederzier:Huchem-Stammeln	2.9 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	139 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	146 km	West
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	200 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 162 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Meuse. The nearest bigger lake is Luchenberger See (0.5 km² at a height of around 112 meter above sea level) at a distance of 2.3 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 23.6 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 33 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
NR-553

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

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.9 km2

1.2%

Agriculture

62.1 km2

79%

Urban area

13.5 km2

17.1%

Water - Lakes

0.9 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Merken in country Germany

Merken at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	25 km	WestSouthWest
2 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	35 km	East
3 Cologne Cathedral	Germany	39 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rur von Obermaubach bis Linnich	DE	2.3 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Echtz

Type of weather in Echtz	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1025 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	15 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	05:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:06 Europe/Amsterdam