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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.346,Lat: 50.7362
Elevation	339 meter above sea level
Local time	3:08:01am
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Hessen
Wiki-website Subregion (Regierungsbezirk)	Gießen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lahn-Dill-Kreis
Name	Dillenburg

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Dillenburg:Eibach	1.8 km	NorthWest
2 Dillenburg:Niederscheld	3.4 km	WestSouthWest
3 Herborn:Seelbach	4 km	South
4 Dillenburg	4.2 km	West
5 Dillenburg:Nanzenbach	4.2 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	202 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	282 km	West
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	301 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 295 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Medium - Nahe, Lahn, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Aartalsee (1 km² at a distance of 8.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Belgium border with a straight distance of 143.1 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 200 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 99%, low mountains: 1%, 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 forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Frankfurt am Main Airport (at a distance of 79 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

45.2 km2

57.6%

Agriculture

24.1 km2

30.7%

Urban area

7.7 km2

9.8%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Oberscheld in country Germany

Oberscheld at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Upper Middle Rhine Valley	Germany	78 km	SouthWest
2 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	96 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe	Germany	98 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Dill bis Herborn-Burg mit Zuflüssen	DE	0 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Oberscheld

Type of weather in Oberscheld	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	08:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:22 Europe/Amsterdam