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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 10.6588,Lat: 51.7649
Elevation	615 meter above sea level
Local time	18:50:29pm
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Sachsen-Anhalt
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Harz
Name	Wernigerode

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oberharz am Brocken:Elend	3 km	SouthEast
2 Braunlage	5.3 km	SouthWest
3 Oberharz am Brocken:Rothehütte	7 km	EastSouthEast
4 Oberharz am Brocken:Königshütte (Harz)	7.8 km	EastSouthEast
5 Oberharz am Brocken:Sorge	8.5 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Berlin	Germany	206 km	EastNorthEast
2 Praha	Czech-republic	324 km	EastSouthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	400 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 243 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Saale, part of the larger catchment area Elbe. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Eckertalsperre (0.8 km² at a distance of 8.8 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Brocken with a height of 1142 meter (at a distance of 4.8 km and direction NorthWest).One of the mountains in Harz The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 189.9 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 266 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 1%, low mountains: 74%, moderate high mountains: 25%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Harz

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Hannover Airport (at a distance of 102 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

73.9 km2

94.1%

Nature

2.9 km2

3.7%

Agriculture

0.4 km2

0.6%

Urban area

1.4 km2

1.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Schierke in country Germany

Schierke at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System	Germany	23 km	WestNorthWest
2 Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg	Germany	34 km	East
3 Fagus Factory in Alfeld	Germany	63 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vogelschutzgebiet Hochharz	DE	0.1 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Schierke

Type of weather in Schierke	broken clouds
Current temperature:	-2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.42 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	993 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	07:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:19 Europe/Amsterdam