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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.5277,Lat: 51.4225
Elevation	119 meter above sea level
Local time	21:30:12pm
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Wiki-website Subregion (Regierungsbezirk)	Arnsberg
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Unna
Name	Schwerte
Other place with same name 1	Westhofen Rheinland-Pfalz -

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Dortmund:Buchholz	1.7 km	NorthWest
2 Hagen:Garenfeld	2.7 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Dortmund:Syburg	2.8 km	West
4 Schwerte:Ergste	3.1 km	EastSouthEast
5 Schwerte	3.5 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	210 km	WestNorthWest
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	225 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Brussel	Belgium	231 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 225 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Lower - Ruhr, Lippe, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Hengsteysee (1.2 km² at a height of around 95 meter above sea level) at a distance of 2.8 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 75.9 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 106 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 84%, hill: 16%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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
NR-542

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Düsseldorf Airport (at a distance of 55 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Dortmund Airport (at a distance of 12 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18.2 km2

23.2%

Nature

0.2 km2

0.2%

Agriculture

34.6 km2

44.1%

Urban area

22.6 km2

28.8%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.6%

Water - Lakes

0.8 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Westhofen in country Germany

Westhofen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen	Germany	34 km	WestNorthWest
2 Cologne Cathedral	Germany	67 km	SouthWest
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	79 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Kalkbuchenwälder bei Hohenlimburg	DE	6.5 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ergste

Type of weather in Ergste	light snow
Current temperature:	-0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	995 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 35 minutes
Sunrise :	07:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:33 Europe/Amsterdam