Mountain

Galgenberg

Located in Moers, Kreis Wesel Coordinates: 51°28′00″ N 6°39′00″ E

Location in Germany

Elevation: 28 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Moers; 1.9 km SW
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
When to go: June–September; See the climate
Airports: DUS Düsseldorf Airport21 km; NRN Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport38 km

About Galgenberg

Galgenberg is a mountain. Location: Moers, Kreis Wesel. Elevation: 28 m. The best months to visit are June–September. The nearest airport is Düsseldorf Airport (21 km). Nearby sights include Fernmeldeturm Moers and Halde Rheinpreussen.

Photos of Galgenberg

Schloß Lauersfort kaʁstn Disk / Cat · CC BY-SA 3.0 de
Fernmeldeturm Moers Steve99 · CC BY-SA 2.0 de

Climate of Galgenberg

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–September.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 9° · Night 4° · Rain 68 mm

Hottest month: July (day 24°)
Coldest month: February (night 1°)
Wettest month: June (77 mm)
Driest month: April (48 mm)

5° 1°

7° 1°

10° 3°

14° 5°

19° 9°

21° 12°

24° 14°

19° 11°

15° 7°

9° 4°

7° 2°

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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)	5°	7°	10°	14°	19°	21°	24°	24°	19°	15°	9°	7°
Average low (°C)	1°	1°	3°	5°	9°	12°	14°	14°	11°	7°	4°	2°
Precipitation (mm)	65	50	64	48	65	77	69	63	66	61	68	74

Other places to visit in this season: June July August September

How to get to Galgenberg

The nearest airport is Düsseldorf Airport (DUS), 21 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Moers, 2 km to the southwest.

Airports

Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) Düsseldorf 21 kmsouth
Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport (NRN) Weeze 38 kmnorthwest
Dortmund Airport (DTM) Dortmund 67 kmeast

Nearby large cities

Moers Population: 103.5K 2 kmsouthwest
Duisburg Population: 504.4K 9 kmsoutheast
Oberhausen Population: 219.2K 15 kmeast
Krefeld Population: 238K 16 kmsouthwest
Mülheim Population: 173K 16 kmeast

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

Day trips from Galgenberg

Within 100 km: 390 historic and cultural sites, 1,020 natural sites, 579 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km160 places

Schönwasser Lake 16 kmS
Margaretensee Lake 11 kmSE
Kaplanskuhlen Lake 12 kmW
Jenneckes Gatt Lake 10 kmN

25–60 km478 places

Kasteel Arcen Historic site 32 kmW
Strang Lake 53 kmNW
Halterner Talsperre Lake 51 kmNE
Schrolik Lake 31 kmSW

60–100 km1,351 places

Schemersberg Mountain 100 kmSW
Vrouwenbos Natural site 100 kmSW
Veursbos Natural site 99 kmSW
Veldhoven Bos Natural site 79 kmW

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Moers City, Moers
1.9 km SW
Hochstraß Village, Moers
1.6 km S
Meerbeck Village, Moers
0.6 km S
Utfort Village, Moers
1.6 km W
Fünderich Village, Moers
1.6 km W
Scherpenberg Village, Moers
2.1 km SE

Galgenberg

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Fernmeldeturm Moers Landmark, Moers
0.3 km N
Halde Rheinpreussen Mountain, Moers
1.3 km N
Kamin Moers-Meerbeck ( Höhe: 210 Meter) Landmark, Moers
0.7 km NW
Waldsee Lake, Moers
2.1 km N
Baerler Busch Natural site, North Rhine-Westphalia
2.8 km N
Uettlesheimer See Lake, Duisburg
2 km E
Geleucht Landmark, Moers
1.4 km N
Lohheider See Lake, Duisburg
4.3 km N

Galgenberg

Sources & licences

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

Data last updated: November 5, 2026