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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.3728,Lat: 51.1595
Elevation	495 meter above sea level
Local time	18:20:16pm
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Wiki-website Subregion (Regierungsbezirk)	Arnsberg
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Hochsauerlandkreis
Name	Schmallenberg
Other place with same name 1	Oberkirchen Saarland -
Other place with same name 2	Oberkirchen Niederösterreich - Zwettl

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Schmallenberg:Niedersorpe	1.5 km	NorthWest
2 Schmallenberg:Winkhausen	2.3 km	West
3 Schmallenberg:Westfeld	3 km	East
4 Schmallenberg:Schanze	3.2 km	South
5 Schmallenberg:Holthausen	3.4 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	235 km	SouthWest
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	276 km	WestNorthWest
3 Brussel	Belgium	284 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 249 km (direction North).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 Hennesee (2.5 km² at a height of around 322 meter above sea level) at a distance of 16.6 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Langenberg with a height of 843 meter (at a distance of 18.3 km and direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 139.3 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 195 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 25%, low mountains: 75%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
NR-333

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Cologne Bonn Airport (at a distance of 92 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (at a distance of 53 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

50.2 km2

63.9%

Agriculture

24.5 km2

31.2%

Urban area

2.9 km2

3.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Oberkirchen in country Germany

Oberkirchen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe	Germany	73 km	EastNorthEast
2 Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen	Germany	100 km	WestNorthWest
3 Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey	Germany	100 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Schanze	DE	1.5 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Schanze

Type of weather in Schanze	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.23 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	994 mb
Humidity:	98 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	07:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:31 Europe/Amsterdam