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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.5242,Lat: 49.507
Elevation	403 meter above sea level
Local time	22:51:21pm
Name province/region	Saarland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Merzig-Wadern
Name	Mettlach

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Mettlach:Weiten	2.7 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Mettlach:Nohn	2.8 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Perl:Kesslingen	3.1 km	WestNorthWest
4 Mettlach:Faha	3.4 km	NorthWest
5 Freudenburg	3.9 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	31 km	WestNorthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	215 km	NorthWest
3 Bern	Switzerland	293 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 261 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 Riveristalsperre (0.6 km² at a distance of 27.5 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 6.2 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 8.7 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Fench German Luxembourgish tripoint with a straight distance of 12.1 km (direction WestSouthWest).
Elevation around place: low location: 3%, hill: 97%, 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 agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (at a distance of 27 km and direction WestNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

36.4 km2

46.3%

Agriculture

36.6 km2

46.6%

Urban area

4.5 km2

5.7%

Water - Lakes

1 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Orscholz in country Germany

Orscholz at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier	Germany	28 km	NorthNorthEast
2 City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications	Luxembourg	31 km	WestNorthWest
3 Völklingen Ironworks	Germany	38 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Leuktal, Krautfelsen u. Bärenfels bei Orscholz	DE	0.7 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Orscholz

Type of weather in Orscholz	light rain
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	15 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	05:49 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:11 Europe/Amsterdam