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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.1166,Lat: 50.883
Elevation	146 meter above sea level
Local time	5:14:56am
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Wiki-website Subregion (Regierungsbezirk)	Köln
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Städteregion Aachen
Name	Herzogenrath

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Herzogenrath:Noppenberg	1.8 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Herzogenrath:Herbach	2.5 km	North
3 Herzogenrath:Hofstadt	2.6 km	NorthWest
4	2.6 km	WestNorthWest
5 Herzogenrath	2.7 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Brussel	Belgium	124 km	West
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	142 km	South
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	186 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 141 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 Blausteinsee (1.1 km² at a height of around 128 meter above sea level) at a distance of 11 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vaalserberg with a height of 323 meter (at a distance of 15.8 km and direction SouthSouthWest).One of the mountains in Aachener Wald The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 2.1 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 3 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the German Belgian Dutch tripoint with a straight distance of 15.8 km (direction SouthSouthWest).
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
NR-554

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Düsseldorf Airport (at a distance of 64 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.5 km2

Agriculture

41.7 km2

53.1%

Urban area

30.3 km2

38.6%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Merkstein in country Germany

Merkstein at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	12 km	SouthSouthWest
2 The Great Spa Towns of Europe	Austria,Belgium, Czechia,France, Germany,Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	47 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	56 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Wurmtal nördlich Herzogenrath	DE	2.2 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Herzogenrath

Type of weather in Herzogenrath	moderate rain
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	72 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	08:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:30 Europe/Amsterdam