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Village

Hessen

Located in Osterwieck, Landkreis Harz Coordinates: 52°01′01″ N 10°46′44″ E

Hessen
Wolkenkratzer · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Elevation
102 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
HAJ Hannover Airport90 km
ERF Erfurt-Weimar Airport116 km

About Hessen

Hessen is a village. Location: Osterwieck, Landkreis Harz. Elevation: 102 m.

From Wikipedia

Hessen, also Hessen am Fallstein, is a village in the Harz district of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Formerly part of the Aue-Fallstein municipal association, it was merged into the Osterwieck municipality on 1 January 2010.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Climate of Hessen

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 7° · Night 2° · Rain 50 mm

Hottest month
August (day 23°)
Coldest month
January (night -2°)
Wettest month
June (68 mm)
Driest month
February (35 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).

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Climate of Hessen
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)3°4°8°12°18°20°22°23°19°13°7°4°
Average low (°C)-2°-2°1°3°7°10°12°12°9°5°2°0°
Precipitation (mm)453547435568596049465054

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Hessen

The nearest airport is Hannover Airport (HAJ), 90 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Salzgitter, 29 km to the northwest.

Airports

  • Hannover Airport (HAJ) Hannover 90 kmnorthwest
  • Erfurt-Weimar Airport (ERF) Erfurt 116 kmsouth
  • Kassel Airport (KSF) Calden 117 kmsouthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Salzgitter Population: 105K 29 kmnorthwest
  • Braunschweig Population: 244.7K 33 kmnorthwest
  • Wolfsburg Population: 123.1K 45 kmnorth
  • Magdeburg Population: 244.3K 60 kmeast
  • Göttingen Population: 122.1K 79 kmsouthwest

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

Day trips from Hessen

Within 100 km: 454 historic and cultural sites, 3,468 natural sites, 743 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km385 places

  • Aue River 4 kmNE
  • Aue River 4 kmS
  • Eckerstausee Lake 24 kmSW
  • Zwisselkopf Mountain 20 kmSW

25–60 km1,520 places

  • Schalk River 31 kmSW
  • Sarre River 41 kmE
  • Ehle River 53 kmE
  • Bere River 52 kmS

60–100 km2,760 places

  • Wiehe River 69 kmNW
  • Ohe River 75 kmW
  • Ehle River 67 kmE
  • Zollau Lake 66 kmE

Straight-line distances.

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Sources & licences

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