Village

Elben

Located in Landkreis Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate Coordinates: 50°45′00″ N 7°50′00″ E

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Population: 342; 342
Elevation: 291 m; above sea level
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Places inside: 1; listed under Elben
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: CGN Cologne Bonn Airport50 km; DTM Dortmund Airport87 km

About Elben

Elben is a village. Location: Landkreis Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate. Population: 342. Elevation: 291 m.

From Wikipedia

Elben is a municipality in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Area: 2.4 km²
Official website: vggebhardshain.de

Source: Wikidata

Photos of Elben

Steinerother Kopf Matthias Schaefgen · CC BY-SA 3.0
Höhwegskopf Matthias Schaefgen · CC BY-SA 3.0

Population of Elben over time

Population of Elben over time
1975		292
2014		336
2017		345
2019		352
2021		334
2022		340
2023		342
2024		342
2025		340

Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.

Climate of Elben

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 7° · Night 2° · Rain 95 mm

Hottest month: July (day 22°)
Coldest month: February (night -2°)
Wettest month: December (112 mm)
Driest month: April (67 mm)

3° -2°

5° -2°

9° 0°

13° 3°

18° 7°

20° 10°

22° 12°

22° 11°

18° 8°

13° 5°

7° 2°

4° 0°

Jan

100

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

112

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

Climate of Elben
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	3°	5°	9°	13°	18°	20°	22°	22°	18°	13°	7°	4°
Average low (°C)	-2°	-2°	0°	3°	7°	10°	12°	11°	8°	5°	2°	0°
Precipitation (mm)	100	76	91	67	73	84	88	72	80	84	95	112

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Elben

The nearest airport is Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN), 50 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Siegen, 19 km to the northeast.

Airports

Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) Köln (Cologne) 50 kmwest
Dortmund Airport (DTM) Dortmund 87 kmnorth
Frankfurt Main Airport (FRA) Frankfurt am Main 96 kmsoutheast

Nearby large cities

Siegen Population: 107.2K 19 kmnortheast
Koblenz Population: 107.3K 48 kmsouth
Bonn Population: 330.6K 52 kmwest
Bergisch Gladbach Population: 106.2K 56 kmnorthwest
Cologne Population: 1M 65 kmwest

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

Day trips from Elben

Within 100 km: 778 historic and cultural sites, 4,335 natural sites, 833 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km291 places

Weibe River 14 kmN
Dreifelder Weiher Lake 18 kmS
Wiehltalsperre Lake 24 kmNW
Wiesensee Lake 21 kmSE

25–60 km1,928 places

Else River 53 kmN
Aar River 44 kmS
Urbach River 33 kmSW
Kemper Werth Island 53 kmW

60–100 km3,727 places

Olef River 96 kmW
Else River 78 kmN
Valme River 79 kmNE
Ohe River 61 kmE

Straight-line distances.

Places in Elben

1 place

Cities & villages1

Elben · Village

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Steinerother Kopf Mountain, Steineroth
1.5 km E
Steimelsberg Mountain, Wissen
2.3 km NW
Hümerich Mountain, Wissen
2.4 km NW
Alter Bornskopf Mountain, Steineroth
2.9 km E
Spielstück Natural site, Rhineland-Palatinate
2.6 km SW
Rodderberg Mountain, Mittelhof
4.4 km NW