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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.2797,Lat: 50.4466
Elevation	491 meter above sea level
Local time	10:25:08am
Name province/region	Hessen
Name Subregion	Gießen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vogelsbergkreis
Name	Grebenhain

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Birstein:Völzberg	1.6 km	EastNorthEast
2 Grebenhain:Hartmannshain	2.9 km	North
3 Birstein:Lichenroth	3.3 km	EastSouthEast
4 Grebenhain:Bermuthshain	3.8 km	NorthEast
5 Grebenhain:Herchenhain	4.1 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	245 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	351 km	West
3 Berlin	Germany	368 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 336 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Main, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Kinzigtalsperre (0.6 km² at a distance of 18.1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Taufstein with a height of 773 meter (at a distance of 8.4 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 180.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 253 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 66%, low mountains: 34%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. 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 69 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

24.8 km2

31.6%

Nature

7.2 km2

9.2%

Agriculture

44.8 km2

57%

Urban area

1.7 km2

2.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Volkartshain in country Germany

Volkartshain at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	70 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	77 km	SouthWest
3 Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square	Germany	87 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vogelsberg	DE	0.1 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Volkartshain

Type of weather in Volkartshain	clear sky
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	67 %
Daylength at 14 May 2024:	15 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	05:36 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:02 Europe/Amsterdam