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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.1611,Lat: 51.699
Elevation	162 meter above sea level
Local time	2:48:10am
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Wiki-website Subregion (Regierungsbezirk)	Detmold
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Höxter
Name	Brakel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Brakel:Rheder	2.1 km	South
2 Brakel	2.6 km	NorthEast
3 Brakel:Istrup	2.9 km	WestNorthWest
4 Brakel:Siddessen	4.3 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Brakel:Hinnenburg	4.4 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	302 km	WestNorthWest
2 Berlin	Germany	304 km	EastNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	316 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 199 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Weser main Medium, part of the larger catchment area Weser. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Emmerstausee (0.9 km² at a height of around 116 meter above sea level) at a distance of 24.4 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 156.1 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 219 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 57%, hill: 43%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
NR-361

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Hannover Airport (at a distance of 92 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kassel-Calden Airport (at a distance of 35 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19.9 km2

25.4%

Agriculture

53.7 km2

68.4%

Urban area

4.9 km2

6.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Riesel in country Germany

Riesel at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey	Germany	19 km	EastNorthEast
2 Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe	Germany	46 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Fagus Factory in Alfeld	Germany	55 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Nethe	DE	0.4 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Riesel

Type of weather in Riesel	broken clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.75 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 48 minutes
Sunrise :	08:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:14 Europe/Amsterdam