- Elevation
- 10 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
- Airports
- LBC Lübeck Blankensee Airport59 km
- HAM Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport70 km
About Sumte
Sumte is a village. Location: Amt Neuhaus, Landkreis Lüneburg. Elevation: 10 m.
Sumte (, German pronunciation: [ˈzʊmtə]) is a village in the municipality of Amt Neuhaus, located 30 km east of the county town Lüneburg in the state of Lower Saxony in northern Germany. Sumte was part of the only exchange of territory between states of the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany) and West Germany. The location east of the river Elbe is unique for a community in Lower Saxony.
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Photos of Sumte
Climate of Sumte
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 8° · Night 2° · Rain 54 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 23°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -2°)
- Wettest month
- July (70 mm)
- Driest month
- February (39 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) | 3° | 4° | 8° | 13° | 18° | 21° | 23° | 23° | 18° | 13° | 8° | 5° |
| Average low (°C) | -2° | -2° | 1° | 3° | 7° | 11° | 12° | 12° | 9° | 5° | 2° | 0° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 56 | 39 | 48 | 46 | 49 | 64 | 70 | 61 | 50 | 47 | 54 | 60 |
How to get to Sumte
The nearest airport is Lübeck Blankensee Airport (LBC), 59 km to the north as the crow flies. For international flights: Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM) (70 km). The nearest large city is Lübeck, 66 km to the north.
Airports
- Lübeck Blankensee Airport (LBC) Lübeck 59 kmnorth
- Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM) Hamburg 70 kmnorthwest
- Rostock-Laage Airport (RLG) Laage 116 kmnortheast
Nearby large cities
- Lübeck Population: 212.2K 66 kmnorth
- Wolfsburg Population: 123.1K 96 kmsouth
- Braunschweig Population: 244.7K 116 kmsouth
- Rostock Population: 198.3K 122 kmnortheast
- Kiel Population: 252.7K 125 kmnorthwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Sumte
Within 100 km: 384 historic and cultural sites, 3,385 natural sites, 1,096 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km233 places
- Zeetzer See Lake 11 kmSE
- Vockfeier See Lake 8 kmSE
- Sumter See Lake 2 kmSE
- Lanzer See Lake 23 kmNW
25–60 km1,658 places
- Ziegelwerder Island 54 kmNE
- Viertbusch Natural site 45 kmNW
- Tannenwerder (Toteninsel) Island 50 kmNE
- Fischwerder Island 47 kmN
60–100 km2,974 places
- Poel Island Island 87 kmNE
- Sundern Natural site 94 kmSW
- Warnau River 95 kmSW
- Wiehe River 88 kmSW
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Sumter See Lake, Lower Saxony1.6 km SE
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Alt-Garge Concentration Camp Historic site, Bleckede5.2 km SW
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Rauher Berg Mountain, Bleckede6.6 km SW
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Pfahlberg Mountain, Bleckede6.7 km W
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Runder Berg Mountain, Bleckede7.7 km W
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Krainke River, Germany5.4 km N
Sources & licences
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