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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.2759,Lat: 53.3344
Elevation	2 meter above sea level
Local time	18:37:24pm
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Niedersachsen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Emden
Name	Emden

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Emden:Widdelswehr	0.8 km	WestNorthWest
2 Emden:Jarßum	1.9 km	WestNorthWest
3 Jemgum:Pogum	2.1 km	SouthWest
4 Jemgum:Ditzum	2.2 km	South
5 Moormerland:Gandersum	2.7 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	193 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	342 km	SouthWest
3 Berlin	Germany	421 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 23 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake is Hieve (0.9 km² at a height of around -2 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 5.9 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 8.3 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, low location: 0%, The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Watten und Marschen

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (at a distance of 183 km and direction East).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.3 km2

0.4%

Wet nature

9.2 km2

11.6%

Agriculture

54.8 km2

69.7%

Urban area

6.2 km2

7.9%

Infrastructure

1.1 km2

1.4%

Water - Lakes

7 km2

8.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Petkum in country Germany

Petkum at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	67 km	WestSouthWest
2 Wadden Sea	Denmark,Germany,Netherlands	88 km	EastNorthEast
3 Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen	Germany	106 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Unterems und Außenems	DE	0.4 km	South

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ditzum

Type of weather in Ditzum	snow
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	990 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	08:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:26 Europe/Amsterdam