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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.2631,Lat: 49.5253
Elevation	409 meter above sea level
Local time	19:08:21pm
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Saarland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	St. Wendel
Name	Freisen
Other place with same name 1	Oberkirchen Nordrhein-Westfalen - Arnsberg
Other place with same name 2	Oberkirchen Niederösterreich - Zwettl

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Freisen:Schwarzerden	1.7 km	NorthEast
2 Freisen:Haupersweiler	1.9 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Herchweiler	2.4 km	SouthEast
4 Reichweiler	2.8 km	NorthEast
5 Freisen	3.2 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	83 km	West
2 Brussel	Belgium	255 km	NorthWest
3 Bern	Switzerland	287 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 295 km (direction NorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Moselle, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Bostalsee (1.4 km² at a height of around 399 meter above sea level) at a distance of 13.9 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 39.9 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 56 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 83%, low mountains: 17%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (at a distance of 77 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19.8 km2

25.2%

Nature

1.3 km2

1.6%

Agriculture

54.7 km2

69.6%

Urban area

2.9 km2

3.6%

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 Völklingen Ironworks	Germany	43 km	SouthWest
2 Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier	Germany	52 km	WestNorthWest
3 Upper Middle Rhine Valley	Germany	78 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Weisselberg	DE	0.9 km	West

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Schwarzerden

Type of weather in Schwarzerden	light snow
Current temperature:	-0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.76 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	995 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	07:52 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:42 Europe/Amsterdam