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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.9171,Lat: 50.4638
Elevation	666 meter above sea level
Local time	1:03:05am
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Kassel
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Fulda
Name	Gersfeld (Rhön)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gersfeld (Rhön):Maiersbach	1 km	WestNorthWest
2 Gersfeld (Rhön)	1.5 km	South
3 Gersfeld (Rhön):Sandberg	2 km	EastSouthEast
4 Gersfeld (Rhön):Obernhausen	2.7 km	NorthEast
5 Gersfeld (Rhön):Mosbach	2.9 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	288 km	WestSouthWest
2 Praha	Czech-republic	324 km	East
3 Berlin	Germany	333 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 346 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Weser main Upper - Fulda, Werra, part of the larger catchment area Weser. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Kinzigtalsperre (0.6 km² at a distance of 38.7 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Wasserkuppe with a height of 950 meter (at a distance of 4 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 156.1 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 219 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 8%, low mountains: 77%, moderate high mountains: 15%, The hills are mainly western 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 Frankfurt am Main Airport (at a distance of 108 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

30.4 km2

38.7%

Nature

9.8 km2

12.4%

Wet nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

35.8 km2

45.6%

Urban area

1.7 km2

2.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Schachen in country Germany

Schachen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Wartburg Castle	Germany	62 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square	Germany	75 km	South
3 Town of Bamberg	Germany	94 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Hessische Rhön	DE	0.2 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gersfeld

Type of weather in Gersfeld	clear sky
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.85 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	70 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	15 hour and 29 minutes
Sunrise :	05:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:01 Europe/Amsterdam