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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.3793,Lat: 54.0201
Elevation	29 meter above sea level
Local time	6:46:19am
Name province/region	Schleswig-Holstein
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Steinburg
Name	Schenefeld
Name	Wacken

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bokelrehm	2 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Gribbohm	2.2 km	WestNorthWest
3 Vaale	2.3 km	South
4 Nienbüttel	2.6 km	EastNorthEast
5 Holstenniendorf	3.1 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 København	Denmark	279 km	NorthEast
2 Berlin	Germany	316 km	EastSouthEast
3 Amsterdam	Netherlands	351 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 26 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Elbe main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Elbe. The nearest bigger lake is Kronenloch (1.7 km² at a distance of 25.8 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Danish-German border with a straight distance of 86.8 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 122 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 32%, low location: 68%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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
Hohe Geest

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (at a distance of 59 km and direction SouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6 km2

7.6%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

69.7 km2

88.6%

Urban area

1.5 km2

1.9%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wacken in country Germany

Wacken at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Archaeological Border complex of Hedeby and the Danevirke	Germany	49 km	North
2 Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus	Germany	67 km	SouthEast
3 Wadden Sea	Denmark,Germany,Netherlands	77 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vaaler Moor und Herrenmoor	DE	4.1 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Wacken
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Wacken

Type of weather in Wacken	light rain
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.17 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	16 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	05:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:22 Europe/Amsterdam