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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.4411,Lat: 54.6985
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	10:58:48am
At island	Föhr
Name province/region	Schleswig-Holstein
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Nordfriesland
Name	Föhr-Amrum
Name	Witsum

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Borgsum	1.2 km	East
2 Nieblum:Goting	2.2 km	EastSouthEast
3 Utersum	2.8 km	NorthWest
4 Süderende	3.2 km	North
5 Nieblum	3.2 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 København	Denmark	287 km	EastNorthEast
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	350 km	SouthWest
3 Berlin	Germany	408 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Witsum lies at the Wadden Sea (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vidaa-Krusaa. The nearest bigger lake is Rantumbecken (2.4 km² at a distance of 19.9 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Föhr. The distance to the mainland is 5.2 km.

The most nearby international border is the Danish-German border with a straight distance of 26.8 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 38 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, low location: 0%, 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
Hohe Geest

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Billund Airport (at a distance of 124 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Westerland Sylt Airport (at a distance of 25 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Wet nature

29.3 km2

42.2%

Agriculture

38.3 km2

55.3%

Urban area

1.2 km2

1.7%

Rock-Sand

0.4 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Witsum in country Germany

Witsum 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	71 km	EastSouthEast
2 Christiansfeld, a Moravian Church Settlement	Denmark	99 km	NorthEast
3 Wadden Sea	Denmark,Germany,Netherlands	130 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ramsar-Gebiet S-H Wattenmeer und angrenzende Küstengebiete	DE	0.1 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Witsum

Type of weather in Witsum	clear sky
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.95 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	15 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	05:50 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:56 Europe/Amsterdam