- Elevation
- 106 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
- Airports
- LEJ Leipzig/Halle Airport4 km
- ERF Erfurt-Weimar Airport102 km
About Hänichen
Hänichen is a village. Location: Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt Leipzig. Elevation: 106 m. The best months to visit are May–September. The nearest airport is Leipzig/Halle Airport (4 km). Nearby sights include Leipzig (Lützschena), Hainkirche St. Vinzenz and Schloss Gundorf.
Photos of Hänichen
Climate of Hänichen
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: May–September.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 8° · Night 2° · Rain 39 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 24°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -2°)
- Wettest month
- July (60 mm)
- Driest month
- February (28 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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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high (°C) | 3° | 4° | 8° | 13° | 19° | 21° | 24° | 24° | 19° | 14° | 8° | 4° |
| Average low (°C) | -2° | -2° | 1° | 4° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 13° | 10° | 6° | 2° | -1° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 30 | 28 | 36 | 38 | 44 | 53 | 60 | 59 | 44 | 35 | 39 | 37 |
Other places to visit in this season: May June July August September
How to get to Hänichen
The nearest airport is Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ), 4 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Leipzig, 9 km to the southeast.
Airports
- Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) Schkeuditz 4 kmnorthwest
- Erfurt-Weimar Airport (ERF) Erfurt 102 kmsouthwest
- Dresden Airport (DRS) Dresden 109 kmeast
Nearby large cities
- Leipzig Population: 505K 9 kmsoutheast
- Halle Population: 237.9K 22 kmnorthwest
- Gera Population: 104.7K 58 kmsouth
- Jena Population: 104.7K 69 kmsouthwest
- Chemnitz Population: 247.2K 77 kmsoutheast
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Hänichen
Within 100 km: 527 historic and cultural sites, 2,020 natural sites, 615 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km170 places
- Rabeninsel Island 24 kmW
- Vogtlandsee Lake 16 kmNE
- Hufeisensee Lake 19 kmNW
- Elsterbecken Lake 7 kmSE
25–60 km775 places
- Sprotte River 51 kmS
- Speicherbecken Witznitz Lake 31 kmSE
- Süßer See Lake 43 kmW
- Steinsee Lake 58 kmN
60–100 km2,217 places
- Buchenwald concentration camp Historic site 81 kmSW
- Sarre River 92 kmNW
- Roda River 73 kmSW
- Roda River 74 kmSW
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Leipzig (Lützschena), Hainkirche St. Vinzenz Attraction, Leipzig0.5 km SE
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Schloss Gundorf Historic site, Leipzig2.7 km S
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Wachberg Mountain, Leipzig4.9 km S -
Leipzig, Pfarrkirche Böhlitz-Ehrenberg Attraction, Leipzig4 km SE
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Burgaue Natural site, Saxony3.5 km SE
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Burghausen-Rückmannsdorf (Leipzig), Dorfkirche Attraction, Leipzig4.7 km S
Sources & licences
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