Village

Sonnschied

Located in Landkreis Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate Coordinates: 49°49′00″ N 7°23′00″ E

Location in Germany

Population: 113; 113
Elevation: 409 m; above sea level
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Places inside: 2; listed under Sonnschied
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: HHN Frankfurt-Hahn Airport17 km; SCN Saarbrücken Airport70 km

About Sonnschied

Sonnschied is a village. Location: Landkreis Birkenfeld, Rhineland-Palatinate. Population: 113. Elevation: 409 m.

From Wikipedia

Sonnschied is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Herrstein-Rhaunen, whose seat is in Herrstein.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Area: 3.8 km²
Official website: sonnschied.de

Source: Wikidata

Photos of Sonnschied

Womrather Höhe Jörg Braukmann · CC BY-SA 3.0
Gauskopf Hejnjahns · CC BY-SA 4.0
Schloss Wartenstein Vg kirn-land,gierend , Fotoarchiv VG Kirn-Land · CC BY-SA 3.0

Population of Sonnschied over time

Population of Sonnschied over time
1975		130
2017		107
2019		100
2021		96
2022		97
2023		104
2024		113
2025		132

Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.

Climate of Sonnschied

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 6° · Night 1° · Rain 69 mm

Hottest month: August (day 22°)
Coldest month: February (night -3°)
Wettest month: December (76 mm)
Driest month: April (51 mm)

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12° 2°

17° 7°

20° 10°

22° 12°

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18° 8°

12° 5°

6° 1°

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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).

Show values as a table

Climate of Sonnschied
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	2°	4°	8°	12°	17°	20°	22°	22°	18°	12°	6°	3°
Average low (°C)	-2°	-3°	0°	2°	7°	10°	12°	11°	8°	5°	1°	-1°
Precipitation (mm)	62	56	60	51	69	68	66	57	61	70	69	76

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Sonnschied

The nearest airport is Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (HHN), 17 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Trier, 54 km to the west.

Airports

Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (HHN) Frankfurt am Main (Lautzenhausen) 17 kmnorthwest
Saarbrücken Airport (SCN) Saarbrücken 70 kmsouth
Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (LUX) Luxembourg 87 kmwest

Nearby large cities

Trier Population: 100.1K 54 kmwest
Koblenz Population: 107.3K 61 kmnorth
Mainz Population: 222.9K 67 kmeast
Wiesbaden Population: 288.8K 69 kmnortheast
Saarbrücken Population: 183K 70 kmsouthwest

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

Day trips from Sonnschied

Within 100 km: 783 historic and cultural sites, 3,887 natural sites, 858 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km258 places

Steinbachtalsperre Lake 13 kmW
Ziegelsberg Mountain 20 kmSE
Wildburghöhe Mountain 16 kmNE
Usarkopf Mountain 18 kmW

25–60 km1,637 places

Rüdesheimer Aue Island 43 kmNE
Mariannenaue Island 55 kmNE
Königsklinger Aue Island 58 kmNE
Hatzenporter Werth Island 45 kmN

60–100 km3,633 places

Steinkopf Mountain 96 kmNW
Schartenknopf Mountain 90 kmNW
Preis Berg Mountain 98 kmNW
Petersberg Mountain 93 kmNW

Straight-line distances.

Places in Sonnschied

2 places

1 Sonnschied 130

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

Mountains & nature1

Junkersberg · Mountain

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Schloss Wartenstein Historic site, Hahnenbach
3.7 km SE
Galgenberg Mountain, Bergen
3.5 km SE
Ochsenheck Natural site, Rhineland-Palatinate
3.2 km S
Ruine Schmitburg Historic site, Schneppenbach
3.3 km N
Taschheckshöhe Mountain, Herrstein
4.2 km SW
Ruine Altburg Historic site, Bundenbach
3.6 km N