Mountain

Moltkehöhe

Located in Drage, Kreis Steinburg Coordinates: 54°00′38″ N 9°35′37″ E

Location in Germany

Elevation: 17 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Peissen; 2 km NE
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: HAM Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport50 km; FCN Sea-Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz / Nordholz Naval Airbase67 km

About Moltkehöhe

Moltkehöhe is a mountain. Location: Drage, Kreis Steinburg. Elevation: 17 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (50 km). Nearby sights include Lohfiert and Peissener Loch.

Climate of Moltkehöhe

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 7° · Night 2° · Rain 82 mm

Hottest month: August (day 22°)
Coldest month: February (night -2°)
Wettest month: December (86 mm)
Driest month: February (47 mm)

3° -2°

4° -2°

7° 1°

12° 3°

17° 7°

20° 10°

21° 12°

22° 12°

17° 9°

13° 6°

7° 2°

4° 0°

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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).

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Climate of Moltkehöhe
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	3°	4°	7°	12°	17°	20°	21°	22°	17°	13°	7°	4°
Average low (°C)	-2°	-2°	1°	3°	7°	10°	12°	12°	9°	6°	2°	0°
Precipitation (mm)	73	47	64	48	55	81	81	75	84	85	82	86

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Moltkehöhe

The nearest airport is Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM), 50 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Kiel, 49 km to the northeast.

Airports

Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM) Hamburg 50 kmsoutheast
Sea-Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz / Nordholz Naval Airbase (FCN) Wurster Nordseeküste 67 kmsouthwest
Lübeck Blankensee Airport (LBC) Lübeck 77 kmeast

Nearby large cities

Kiel Population: 252.7K 49 kmnortheast
Lübeck Population: 212.2K 74 kmeast
Bremerhaven Population: 118.6K 84 kmsouthwest
Bremen Population: 546.5K 116 kmsouthwest
Oldenburg Population: 159.2K 133 kmsouthwest

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

Day trips from Moltkehöhe

Within 100 km: 331 historic and cultural sites, 2,130 natural sites, 1,233 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km252 places

Aubek River 9 kmNE
Mühlenteich Lake 20 kmSE
Lindhorster Teich Lake 14 kmNW
Donnerkuhle Lake 15 kmS

25–60 km1,260 places

Spock River 36 kmNE
Noer Strand Beach 57 kmNE
Trischen Island 59 kmW
Rhinplate Island 29 kmSW

60–100 km2,182 places

Nordstrand Natural site 71 kmNW
Viertbusch Natural site 73 kmSE
Oxbek River 69 kmN
Hundestrand Beach 76 kmE

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Peissen Village, Peissen
2 km NE
Peissen Village, Kreis Steinburg
2.4 km N
Silzen Village, Kreis Steinburg
2.9 km NE
Ridders Village, Hohenlockstedt
1.2 km SE
Hohenlockstedt Village, Kreis Steinburg
5.1 km S
Peissener Pohl Village, Hohenlockstedt
1.3 km N

Moltkehöhe

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Lohfiert Natural site, Drage
1.5 km W
Peissener Loch Natural site, Peissen
1.8 km NE
Joklietburg Mountain, Silzen
2.9 km NE
Hohenfiert Natural site, Schleswig-Holstein
2.4 km E
Mühlenbach River, Schleswig-Holstein
0.8 km NE
Roonbrücke Landmark, Hohenlockstedt
0.8 km E
Moltkebrücke Landmark, Hohenlockstedt
0.8 km SE
Holsteiner Wald Natural site, Schleswig-Holstein
2.9 km S

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Sources & licences

Wikidata, CC0-1.0 Wikidata (CC0)
GeoNames, CC-BY-4.0 GeoNames (www.geonames.org), CC BY 4.0

Data last updated: November 11, 2026 · 2 independent sources