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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.8688,Lat: 50.5664
Elevation	460 meter above sea level
Local time	18:11:51pm
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Hessen
Wiki-website Subregion (Regierungsbezirk)	Kassel
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Fulda
Name	Hofbieber

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hofbieber:Kleinsassen	1.6 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Hofbieber:Elters	1.7 km	NorthEast
3 Hofbieber:Wittges	2.3 km	North
4 Hofbieber:Langenbieber	2.4 km	WestNorthWest
5 Hofbieber	3.2 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	288 km	WestSouthWest
2 Berlin	Germany	328 km	NorthEast
3 Praha	Czech-republic	328 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 334 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 42.4 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Wasserkuppe with a height of 950 meter (at a distance of 9 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 160.9 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 225 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 55%, low mountains: 45%, moderate high mountains: 0%, 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 110 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

30.9 km2

39.4%

Nature

0.2 km2

0.2%

Agriculture

45 km2

57.3%

Urban area

2 km2

2.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Schackau in country Germany

Schackau at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Wartburg Castle	Germany	54 km	NorthEast
2 Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square	Germany	86 km	South
3 Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe	Germany	90 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Hessische Rhön	DE	0.3 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Elters

Type of weather in Elters	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.78 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	995 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	07:45 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:27 Europe/Amsterdam