Messel geodata
Messel (Hesse) is a seat of a fourth-order administrative division; located in Germany in Europe/Berlin (GMT+2) time zone. With population of 3,916 people, there are 3343 cities with bigger population in this country. Compared to other cities in Germany, 65.3% of cities are located further ↑North; 68.6% of cities are located further →East and 56.7% of cities have higher elevation than Messel. Note1
Administrative division(s):
- Level 1: Hesse
- Level 2: Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt
- Level 3: Landkreis Darmstadt-Dieburg
- Level 4: Messel
Messel GPS coordinates[2]
49° 56' 17.988" North, 8° 44' 26.016" East
| Map corner | latitude | longitude |
|---|---|---|
| Upper-left | 50.38875°, | 8.03743° |
| Center: | 49.93833°, | 8.74056° |
| Lower-right: | 49.48366°, | 9.44368° |
| Map W x H: | 100.6×100.6 km | = 62.5×62.5mi |
| max Lat: | 55.01917° ⇑65.3% North |
| Messel: | 49.93833° |
| min Lat: | ⇓34.7% South 47.40724° |
| min Long | Messel | max Long |
| 5.92978° | 8.74056° | 14.98853° |
| W 31.4%⇐ | ⇒68.6% E |
Elevation
Elevation of Messel is 177 m = 581 ft, and this is 72.1 m = 237 ft below average elevation for this country.
| Max E: |
1256 m = 4121 ft | 56.7% |
| Avg. | 249.1 m = 817 ft | |
| Messel | 177 m = 581 ft | |
Min E: |
-5 m = -16 ft | 43.3% |
See also: Germany elevation on elevation.city.
Geographical zone
Messel is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this North polar circle is 1848.6 km =1148.7 mi to North.| Distance of | km | miles | from Messel |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Pole | 4454.4 | 2767.8 | to North |
| Arctic Circle | 1848.6 | 1148.7 | to North |
| Tropic Cancer | 2946.7 | 1831 | to South |
| Equator | 5552.6 | 3450.2 | to South |
Nearby cities:
15 places around Messel: (largest is in red/bold)
• Darmstadt
9.8 km =6.1 mi, 
221°
• Dieburg
8.8 km =5.5 mi, 
121°
• Dietzenbach
8.4 km =5.2 mi, 
18°
• Dreieich
9.6 km =6 mi, 
340°
• Egelsbach
6.4 km =4 mi, 
300°
• Eppertshausen
8.2 km =5.1 mi, 
80°
• Erzhausen
6.9 km =4.3 mi, 
285°
• Groß-Zimmern
9.5 km =5.9 mi, 
138°
• Langen
7.7 km =4.8 mi, 
317°
• Mörfelden-Walldorf
12.9 km =8 mi, 299°
• Münster
9.3 km =5.8 mi, 
100°
• Neu Isenburg
12.7 km =7.9 mi, 344°
• Ober-Ramstadt
12 km =7.5 mi, 
177°
• Roßdorf
8.9 km =5.5 mi, 
170°
• Weiterstadt
11.5 km =7.1 mi, 
250°
Sources, notices
• [Note1] Compared only with cities in Germany existing in our database
• [Src1] Map data: © OpenStreetMap contributors (CC-BY-SA)
• [Src2] Other city data from geonames.org with taken over terms of usage.
• [Src3] Geographical zone / Annual Mean Temperature by Robert A. Rohde @ Wikipedia
