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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.1545,Lat: 50.3996
Elevation	321 meter above sea level
Local time	18:13:50pm
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Hessen
Wiki-website Subregion (Regierungsbezirk)	Darmstadt
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Wetteraukreis
Name	Hirzenhain

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gedern:Steinberg	1.4 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Hirzenhain	1.7 km	SouthWest
3 Hirzenhain:Glashütten	2.4 km	NorthWest
4 Gedern:Wenings	3.4 km	EastSouthEast
5 Ortenberg:Gelnhaar	4.1 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	234 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	343 km	West
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	363 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 339 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Main, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Kinzigtalsperre (0.6 km² at a distance of 20.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Taufstein with a height of 773 meter (at a distance of 14.4 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 172 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 241 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 0%, hill: 100%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Frankfurt am Main Airport (at a distance of 59 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

32.6 km2

41.5%

Nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

40.5 km2

51.5%

Urban area

4.2 km2

5.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Merkenfritz in country Germany

Merkenfritz at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	61 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	68 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square	Germany	88 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Kugelhornmoosflächen im Vogelsberg und im Westerwald	DE	1.1 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Merkenfritz

Type of weather in Merkenfritz	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.9 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	994 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	07:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:31 Europe/Amsterdam