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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.9423,Lat: 50.2756
Elevation	124 meter above sea level
Local time	17:11:19pm
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Hessen
Wiki-website Subregion (Regierungsbezirk)	Darmstadt
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Wetteraukreis
Name	Altenstadt
Other place with same name 1	Oberau Sachsen -
Other place with same name 2	Oberau Bayern - Oberbayern
Other place with same name 3	Oberau Tirol - Kufstein

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Altenstadt	1.2 km	North
2 Altenstadt:Höchst	1.2 km	WestSouthWest
3 Altenstadt:Waldsiedlung	1.7 km	EastSouthEast
4 Limeshain:Rommelhausen	2.7 km	SouthEast
5 Altenstadt:Rodenbach	3.2 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	215 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	331 km	WestNorthWest
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	351 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 351 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Main, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Hörsteiner See (0.6 km² at a height of around 110 meter above sea level) at a distance of 24.4 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 153.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 215 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 93%, hill: 7%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 38 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

26.9 km2

34.2%

Agriculture

46.1 km2

58.7%

Urban area

5.6 km2

7.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Oberau in country Germany

Oberau at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	42 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	49 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch	Germany	74 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Wetterau	DE	0.3 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Altenstadt

Type of weather in Altenstadt	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.28 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	994 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 44 minutes
Sunrise :	07:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:32 Europe/Amsterdam