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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.4308,Lat: 50.7418
Elevation	232 meter above sea level
Local time	3:28:12am
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Wiki-website Subregion (Regierungsbezirk)	Köln
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Düren
Name	Hürtgenwald
Other place with same name 1	Straß Bayern - Oberbayern
Other place with same name 2	Straß Bayern - Oberbayern - Berchtesgadener Land
Other place with same name 3	Straß Bayern - Schwaben
Other place with same name 4	Straß Bayern - Schwaben - Unterallgäu
Other place with same name 5	Straß Oberösterreich - Freistadt
Other place with same name 6	Straß Oberösterreich - Ried im Innkreis

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hürtgenwald:Gey	1.1 km	NorthWest
2 Kreuzau:Bogheim	1.3 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Kreuzau:Untermaubach	2.3 km	SouthEast
4 Kreuzau:Bergheim	2.4 km	East
5 Düren:Kufferath	2.7 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	128 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	147 km	West
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	211 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 167 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Meuse. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Wehebach-Talsperre (2.3 km² at a height of around 252 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5.1 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Belgium border with a straight distance of 16.1 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 22 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 38%, hill: 62%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
NR-282

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Cologne Bonn Airport (at a distance of 52 km and direction EastNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

30 km2

38.2%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

39 km2

49.6%

Urban area

8.1 km2

10.3%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Straß in country Germany

Straß at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	25 km	West
2 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	35 km	EastNorthEast
3 Cologne Cathedral	Germany	43 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vogelschutzgebiet Buntsandsteinfelsen im Rurtal	DE	2.2 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Horm

Type of weather in Horm	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.51 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	08:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:29 Europe/Amsterdam