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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.8961,Lat: 49.5883
Elevation	447 meter above sea level
Local time	17:44:31pm
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Hessen
Wiki-website Subregion (Regierungsbezirk)	Darmstadt
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Odenwaldkreis
Name	Beerfelden
Other place with same name 1	Olfen Nordrhein-Westfalen - Münster

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Beerfelden:Airlenbach	2.3 km	East
2 Wald-Michelbach:Affolterbach	3.2 km	WestNorthWest
3 Mossautal:Güttersbach	3.2 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Rothenberg:Raubach	3.6 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Beerfelden:Falken-Gesäß	3.9 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	200 km	West
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	276 km	South
3 Bern	Switzerland	313 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 384 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Neckar, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Kiefweiher (0.4 km² at a distance of 35.1 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Katzenbuckel with a height of 626 meter (at a distance of 16.8 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 83.9 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 117 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 94%, low mountains: 6%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 55 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Mannheim-City Airport (at a distance of 30 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

53.5 km2

68.1%

Agriculture

22.8 km2

29%

Urban area

2.3 km2

2.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Olfen in country Germany

Olfen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch	Germany	25 km	WestNorthWest
2 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	36 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	38 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Finkenbachtal und Hinterbachtal	DE	0.1 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Güttersbach

Type of weather in Güttersbach	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	995 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	07:45 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:35 Europe/Amsterdam