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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 10.605,Lat: 52.281
Elevation	89 meter above sea level
Local time	18:13:35pm
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Niedersachsen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Braunschweig
Name	Braunschweig
Other place with same name 1	Schapen Niedersachsen -

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cremlingen:Weddel	1.4 km	SouthEast
2 Braunschweig:Dibbesdorf	2.4 km	North
3 Braunschweig:Riddagshausen	2.6 km	SouthWest
4 Cremlingen:Klein Schöppenstedt	3 km	South
5 Braunschweig:Hondelage	3.6 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Berlin	Germany	192 km	East
2 Praha	Czech-republic	362 km	SouthEast
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	389 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 188 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Aller, part of the larger catchment area Weser. The nearest bigger lake is Tankumsee (0.5 km² at a distance of 18.6 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 241 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 337 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern 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
Ostbraunschweigisches Hügelland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Hannover Airport (at a distance of 66 km and direction WestNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.8 km2

18.8%

Nature

1.5 km2

1.9%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

39.5 km2

50.3%

Urban area

16.9 km2

21.5%

Infrastructure

1 km2

1.2%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Schapen in country Germany

Schapen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 St Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church at Hildesheim	Germany	47 km	WestSouthWest
2 Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System	Germany	54 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Fagus Factory in Alfeld	Germany	64 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Riddagshäuser Teiche	DE	0.4 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Weddel

Type of weather in Weddel	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	991 mb
Humidity:	68 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	07:49 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:17 Europe/Amsterdam