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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.2525,Lat: 50.7479
Elevation	255 meter above sea level
Local time	4:26:54am
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Hessen
Wiki-website Subregion (Regierungsbezirk)	Gießen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lahn-Dill-Kreis
Name	Haiger

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Dillenburg	2.6 km	EastSouthEast
2 Dillenburg:Donsbach	3 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Haiger	3.4 km	West
4 Haiger:Rodenbach	4 km	NorthWest
5 Dillenburg:Frohnhausen	4.4 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	198 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	275 km	West
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	295 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 288 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Medium - Nahe, Lahn, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Aartalsee (1 km² at a distance of 15.3 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Belgium border with a straight distance of 137 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 192 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 97%, low mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Cologne Bonn Airport (at a distance of 79 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

39.2 km2

49.8%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

25.5 km2

32.5%

Urban area

12.7 km2

16.2%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sechshelden in country Germany

Sechshelden at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Upper Middle Rhine Valley	Germany	75 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Cologne Cathedral	Germany	94 km	WestNorthWest
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	95 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Dill bis Herborn-Burg mit Zuflüssen	DE	0.2 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Haiger

Type of weather in Haiger	broken clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	08:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:22 Europe/Amsterdam