Melsungen
Located in Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Regierungsbezirk Kassel Coordinates: 51°07′40″ N 9°32′28″ E
- Population
- 13,994
- 14K
- Elevation
- 179 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
- Places inside
- 21
- listed under Melsungen
- Airports
- KSF Kassel Airport34 km
- PAD Paderborn Lippstadt Airport84 km
About Melsungen
Melsungen is a village. Location: Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Regierungsbezirk Kassel. Population: 13,994. Elevation: 179 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Kassel Airport (34 km). Nearby sights include Kehrenbach and Pfieffe.
Photos of Melsungen
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Quillerkopf Jkü · CC BY-SA 3.0
Climate of Melsungen
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 7° · Night 2° · Rain 61 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 23°)
- Coldest month
- February (night -2°)
- Wettest month
- June (77 mm)
- Driest month
- February (42 mm)
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).
Show values as a table
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | 4° | 5° | 9° | 13° | 18° | 21° | 23° | 23° | 18° | 13° | 7° | 5° |
| Average low (°C) | -1° | -2° | 1° | 3° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 12° | 9° | 6° | 2° | 0° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 51 | 42 | 53 | 54 | 70 | 77 | 72 | 62 | 62 | 58 | 61 | 60 |
How to get to Melsungen
The nearest airport is Kassel Airport (KSF), 34 km to the north as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Kassel, 21 km to the north.
Airports
- Kassel Airport (KSF) Calden 34 kmnorth
- Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (PAD) Büren 84 kmnorthwest
- Erfurt-Weimar Airport (ERF) Erfurt 101 kmeast
Nearby large cities
- Kassel Population: 197.2K 21 kmnorth
- Göttingen Population: 122.1K 53 kmnortheast
- Paderborn Population: 142.2K 86 kmnorthwest
- Erfurt Population: 218.8K 106 kmeast
- Siegen Population: 107.2K 110 kmwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Melsungen
Within 100 km: 403 historic and cultural sites, 5,910 natural sites, 798 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km464 places
- Baune River 13 kmN
- Vollmarshäuser Teich Lake 16 kmN
- Ziegenküppel Mountain 22 kmE
- Ziegenküppel Mountain 22 kmE
25–60 km2,040 places
- Wande River 44 kmNW
- Erpe River 44 kmNW
- Ogge River 57 kmW
- Naure River 54 kmNW
60–100 km4,607 places
- Valme River 84 kmW
- Ohe River 70 kmSW
- Lumda River 80 kmSW
- Liese River 65 kmW
Straight-line distances.
Places in Melsungen
21 placesBar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.
Cities & villages7
- Adelshausen · Village
- Günsterode · Village
- Kehrenbach · Village
- Kirchhof · Village
- Obermelsungen · Village
- Röhrenfurth · Village
- Schwarzenberg · Village
Mountains & nature13
- Ernstberg · Mountain
- Georgenkopf · Mountain
- Großer Süttelsberg · Mountain
- Heiligenberg · Mountain
- Heinerhöhe · Mountain
- Kleiner Süttelsberg · Mountain
- Koppe · Mountain
- Roter Kopf · Mountain
- Salmbachskopf · Mountain
- Schloßberg · Mountain
- Steinwaldskopf · Mountain
- Weltkugel · Mountain
- Wildsberg · Mountain
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Kehrenbach River, Hesse0.7 km NE
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Pfieffe River, Hesse1.8 km S
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Falkenkopf Mountain, Felsberg3.5 km SW
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Ohebach River, Hesse2.7 km E
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Melsunger Stadtwald Natural site, Hesse3 km NW
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Quillerkopf Mountain, Felsberg5.1 km NW
Other cities and towns in Schwalm-Eder-Kreis
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Altenbrunslar Village, Felsberg7.8 km NW -
Elfershausen Village, Malsfeld4.3 km SW
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Mörshausen Village, Spangenberg, Liebenbachstadt4.9 km E
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Beiseförth Village, Malsfeld5.3 km S
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Hilgershausen Village, Felsberg5.6 km SW -
Dagobertshausen Village, Malsfeld5.8 km SW
Sources & licences
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