Mountain

Galgenberg

Located in Solms, Lahn-Dill-Kreis Coordinates: 50°31′49″ N 8°25′41″ E

Location in Germany

Elevation: 253 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Solms; 1.6 km NW
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: FRA Frankfurt Main Airport57 km; CGN Cologne Bonn Airport98 km

About Galgenberg

Galgenberg is a mountain. Location: Solms, Lahn-Dill-Kreis. Elevation: 253 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Frankfurt Main Airport (57 km). Nearby sights include Wein Berg and Solmsbach.

Photos of Galgenberg

Schloss Braunfels Rainer Lippert · CC BY-SA 3.0

Climate of Galgenberg

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 7° · Night 2° · Rain 63 mm

Hottest month: July (day 23°)
Coldest month: February (night -2°)
Wettest month: December (73 mm)
Driest month: April (48 mm)

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13° 3°

18° 8°

21° 11°

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18° 9°

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Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

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Climate of Galgenberg
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	3°	5°	9°	13°	18°	21°	23°	23°	18°	13°	7°	4°
Average low (°C)	-2°	-2°	1°	3°	8°	11°	13°	12°	9°	5°	2°	-1°
Precipitation (mm)	61	49	58	48	62	67	64	52	57	61	63	73

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Galgenberg

The nearest airport is Frankfurt Main Airport (FRA), 57 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Siegen, 48 km to the northwest.

Airports

Frankfurt Main Airport (FRA) Frankfurt am Main 57 kmsouth
Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) Köln (Cologne) 98 kmnorthwest
Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (HHN) Frankfurt am Main (Lautzenhausen) 106 kmsouthwest

Nearby large cities

Siegen Population: 107.2K 48 kmnorthwest
Frankfurt am Main Population: 650K 50 kmsouth
Wiesbaden Population: 288.8K 51 kmsouth
Offenbach Population: 119.2K 54 kmsoutheast
Mainz Population: 222.9K 62 kmsouth

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Galgenberg

Within 100 km: 711 historic and cultural sites, 4,945 natural sites, 811 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km413 places

Lumda River 23 kmNE
Krombachtalsperre Lake 23 kmNW
Hattsteinweiher Lake 21 kmS
Zinnberg Mountain 11 kmW

25–60 km1,959 places

Weibe River 55 kmNW
Ohe River 34 kmNE
Felda River 48 kmE
Aar River 35 kmSW

60–100 km4,095 places

Else River 87 kmNW
Valme River 93 kmN
Ogge River 81 kmN
Modau River 80 kmS

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Solms Town, Solms
1.6 km NW
Albshausen Neighbourhood, Solms
1.7 km NE
Burgsolms Neighbourhood, Solms
2.1 km NW
Oberbiel Neighbourhood, Solms
2.5 km N
Laufdorf Neighbourhood, Schöffengrund
2.8 km SE
Braunfels Town, Braunfels
3.2 km SW

Galgenberg

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Wein Berg Mountain, Wetzlar
3.3 km NE
Solmsbach River, Hesse
2.5 km NW
Brühlberg Mountain, Braunfels
4.3 km SW
Bilstein Mountain, Wetzlar
4.6 km E
Enlingsberg Mountain, Wetzlar
5.2 km NE
Schloss Braunfels Historic site, Braunfels
3.4 km SW
Forst Braunfels Natural site, Hesse
4.4 km W
Hainbach River, Hesse
3.5 km S

Galgenberg

Sources & licences

GeoNames, CC-BY-4.0 GeoNames (www.geonames.org), CC BY 4.0

Data last updated: November 5, 2026