Village

Pracht

Located in Landkreis Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate Coordinates: 50°45′42″ N 7°38′06″ E

Location in Germany

Population: 1,480; 1.5K
Elevation: 274 m; above sea level
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Places inside: 3; listed under Pracht
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: CGN Cologne Bonn Airport37 km; DTM Dortmund Airport84 km

About Pracht

Pracht is a village. Location: Landkreis Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate. Population: 1,480. Elevation: 274 m.

From Wikipedia

Pracht (German pronunciation: [pʁaxt] ) is a municipality in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Area: 5.5 km²
Official website: hamm-sieg.de

Source: Wikidata

Photos of Pracht

Beulskopf Jörg Braukmann · CC BY 3.0

Population of Pracht over time

Population of Pracht over time
1975		1,285
2017		1,444
2019		1,442
2021		1,462
2022		1,473
2023		1,469
2024		1,480
2025		1,490

Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.

Climate of Pracht

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 (111 mm)
Driest month: April (67 mm)

3° -2°

5° -2°

9° 1°

13° 3°

18° 7°

20° 10°

22° 12°

22° 11°

18° 8°

13° 5°

7° 2°

4° 0°

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Dec

111

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 Pracht
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°	1°	3°	7°	10°	12°	11°	8°	5°	2°	0°
Precipitation (mm)	99	76	92	67	76	87	91	73	82	85	95	111

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Pracht

The nearest airport is Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN), 37 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Siegen, 30 km to the northeast.

Airports

Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) Köln (Cologne) 37 kmwest
Dortmund Airport (DTM) Dortmund 84 kmnorth
Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) Düsseldorf 85 kmnorthwest

Nearby large cities

Siegen Population: 107.2K 30 kmnortheast
Bonn Population: 330.6K 38 kmwest
Bergisch Gladbach Population: 106.2K 43 kmnorthwest
Koblenz Population: 107.3K 46 kmsouth
Cologne Population: 1M 52 kmwest

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

Day trips from Pracht

Within 100 km: 750 historic and cultural sites, 4,147 natural sites, 878 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km178 places

Weibe River 21 kmNE
Dreifelder Weiher Lake 23 kmSE
Wahnbachtalsperre Lake 24 kmW
Wiehltalsperre Lake 20 kmN

25–60 km1,955 places

Else River 54 kmN
Aar River 51 kmSE
Urbach River 28 kmS
Kemper Werth Island 39 kmW

60–100 km3,642 places

Rocherather Wald Natural site 100 kmW
Murringer Wald Natural site 97 kmW
Hasselpath Natural site 98 kmW
Dreiherrenwald Natural site 96 kmW

Straight-line distances.

Places in Pracht

3 places

1 Pracht 1.6K

Bar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.

Cities & villages2

Niederhausen · Village
Wickhausen · Village

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Birkenbach River, Germany
1.5 km NW
Beulskopf Mountain, Heupelzen
3.4 km S
Irsenbach River, Germany
2.2 km N
Löschbach River, North Rhine-Westphalia
2.2 km N
Burgbach River, North Rhine-Westphalia
2.5 km N
Steinbachskopf Mountain, Windeck
5.3 km NW