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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.8563,Lat: 49.6155
Elevation	403 meter above sea level
Local time	17:43:10pm
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Hessen
Wiki-website Subregion (Regierungsbezirk)	Darmstadt
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Bergstraße
Name	Grasellenbach
Other place with same name 1	Wahlen Nordrhein-Westfalen - Köln
Other place with same name 2	Wahlen Hessen - Gießen
Other place with same name 3	Wahlen Saarland - Gießen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Grasellenbach	1.7 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Wald-Michelbach:Affolterbach	2 km	South
3 Grasellenbach:Scharbach	2.3 km	West
4 Wald-Michelbach:Kocherbach	2.3 km	SouthWest
5 Grasellenbach:Hammelbach	2.8 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	198 km	West
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	280 km	South
3 Bern	Switzerland	315 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 380 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Neckar, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Eicher See (0.5 km² at a distance of 32.9 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Katzenbuckel with a height of 626 meter (at a distance of 20.9 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 84.7 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 119 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 88%, low mountains: 12%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 Frankfurt am Main Airport (at a distance of 51 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Mannheim-City Airport (at a distance of 29 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

49.6 km2

63.2%

Nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

25.7 km2

32.8%

Urban area

2.7 km2

3.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wahlen in country Germany

Wahlen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch	Germany	21 km	WestNorthWest
2 Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt	Germany	32 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Messel Pit Fossil Site	Germany	34 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rotes Wasser von Olfen mit angrenzenden Flächen	DE	1.8 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Wahlen

Type of weather in Wahlen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.46 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	995 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 49 minutes
Sunrise :	07:46 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:35 Europe/Amsterdam