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General information - Location

CountryLuxembourg
Location in country North
Location in EuropeWest Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: 5.9635,Lat: 50.0125 marker
Elevation428 meter above sea level
Local time14:34:50pm
Name province/regionWiltz
Name SubregionWiltz

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Selscheid1.3 km WestNorthWest
2 Eschweiler1.9 km SouthWest
3 Drauffelt3 km East
4 Weicherdange3.2 km NorthEast
5 Wilwerwiltz3.6 km SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 LuxembourgLuxembourg46 km South
2 Brussel   Belgium147 km NorthWest
3 Amsterdam   Netherlands273 km NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 192 km (direction NorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Moselle, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lac de la Haute Sûre (Stausee Obersauer) (4.3 km2 at a distance of 11.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Luxembourg-Belgium border with a straight distance of 7.6 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 10.7 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the German Belgian Luxembourgish tripoint with a straight distance of 18.1 km (direction NorthEast).
Elevation around place: hill: 93%, low mountains: 7%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (at a distance of 47 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Forest   45.8 km2 
 58.3% 
 Agriculture   31.5 km2 
 40.1% 
 Urban area   1.2 km2 
 1.5% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Knaphoscheid in country Luxembourg


Knaphoscheid at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and FortificationsLuxembourg46 km SouthSouthEast
2 The Great Spa Towns of EuropeAustria,Belgium, Czechia,France, Germany,Italy, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland54 km North
3 Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in TrierGermany56 km SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area
Sitename Country Distance Direction
Région du KiischpeltLU0.7 km East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)




Current weather at Knaphoscheid

Type of weather in Knaphoscheidovercast clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 7.73 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction: West South West
Air pressure: 1013 mb
Humidity: 67 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:14 hour and 49 minutes
Sunrise :06:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :20:57 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Knaphoscheid - LU (longitude: 5.9635, latitude: 50.0125)
Distance weather station to place (direction NNO): 0 Kilometers

17:00
11 degrees
1014 mbar
light rainweericoon
20:00
6 degrees
1017 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
23:00
5 degrees
1017 mbar
scattered cloudsweericoon
2:00
5 degrees
1016 mbar
scattered cloudsweericoon
5:00
7 degrees
1016 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
8:00
11 degrees
1015 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
11:00
11 degrees
1014 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
14:00
10 degrees
1013 mbar
light rainweericoon










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