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Wissen

Located in Landkreis Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate Coordinates: 50°47′00″ N 7°44′35″ E

Wissen
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Population
8,679
8.7K
Elevation
160 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Places inside
11
listed under Wissen
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
CGN Cologne Bonn Airport43 km
DTM Dortmund Airport82 km

About Wissen

Wissen is a village. Location: Landkreis Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate. Population: 8,679. Elevation: 160 m.

From Wikipedia

Wissen (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪsn̩] ) is a town in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the river Sieg, approximately 12 km northeast of Altenkirchen. Wissen is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Wissen.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Area
34.9 km²
Official website
stadt-wissen.de

Source: Wikidata

Twin towns and sister cities of Wissen

  • Letchworth Garden City· United Kingdom

Source: Wikidata. Only places with a page on this site are shown.

Population of Wissen over time

Population of Wissen over time
1975 8,637
2015 8,314
2017 8,419
2019 8,354
2021 8,302
2022 8,543
2023 8,648
2024 8,679
2025 8,669

Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.

Climate of Wissen

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 8° · Night 2° · Rain 95 mm

Hottest month
July (day 23°)
Coldest month
February (night -1°)
Wettest month
December (112 mm)
Driest month
April (67 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
Climate of Wissen
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)4°5°9°14°19°21°23°23°19°14°8°5°
Average low (°C)-1°-1°1°3°8°11°13°12°9°6°2°1°
Precipitation (mm)10076916773848872808495112

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Wissen

The nearest airport is Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN), 43 km to the west as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Siegen, 22 km to the northeast.

Airports

  • Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) Köln (Cologne) 43 kmwest
  • Dortmund Airport (DTM) Dortmund 82 kmnorth
  • Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) Düsseldorf 89 kmnorthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Siegen Population: 107.2K 22 kmnortheast
  • Bonn Population: 330.6K 46 kmwest
  • Bergisch Gladbach Population: 106.2K 48 kmnorthwest
  • Koblenz Population: 107.3K 49 kmsouth
  • Cologne Population: 1M 58 kmwest

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

Day trips from Wissen

Within 100 km: 765 historic and cultural sites, 4,250 natural sites, 848 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km240 places

  • Weibe River 14 kmNE
  • Dreifelder Weiher Lake 22 kmS
  • Wiehltalsperre Lake 18 kmN
  • Ziegenberg Mountain 14 kmNE

25–60 km1,951 places

  • Else River 50 kmN
  • Aar River 50 kmS
  • Urbach River 33 kmSW
  • Kemper Werth Island 46 kmW

60–100 km3,672 places

  • Olef River 91 kmW
  • Else River 73 kmN
  • Valme River 79 kmNE
  • Ohe River 67 kmE

Straight-line distances.

Places in Wissen

11 places
  1. 1 Wissen 8.5K

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

Cities & villages6

Mountains & nature4

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby
  • Brölbach River, Rhineland-Palatinate
    0.8 km W
  • Elbbach River, Rhineland-Palatinate
    0.9 km SE
  • Wisserbach River, Rhineland-Palatinate
    0.9 km W
  • Selbach River, Rhineland-Palatinate
    2.5 km SE
  • Nister River, Rhineland-Palatinate
    2.6 km W
  • Große Nister River, Rhineland-Palatinate
    2.6 km W

Sources & licences

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