Northern, eastern, southern and westernmost point in Germany
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The different centers of Germany
Zugspitze
Neuendorf near Wilster
Hambach / Sophienhöhe opencast mine
The highest and lowest places in Germany
The list of extreme points in Germany indicates where the northernmost, easternmost, southernmost and westernmost as well as the highest and lowest point of the German national territory are located, and describes how the different midpoints were determined.
There are different locations at the center of Germany, depending on the method of determination
If you connect the northernmost point with the southernmost and the easternmost with the westernmost, the lines cross in Besse in Hesse, eastern longitude 9 ° 23 ′ 15 ″ northern latitude 51 ° 13 ′ 19 ″
If the most distant points of the German national territory are chosen in north-south and east-west direction, you get a point about 500 meters north of Niederdorla in Thuringia, east longitude 10 ° 27 ', north latitude 51 ° 10'
If you choose the center of gravity of the land mass of Germany, this point is in Landstreit near Eisenach in Thuringia, east longitude 10 ° 20 ′ 14 ″ north latitude 51 ° 0 ′ 20 ″
If the German water bodies are taken into account, the point in Silberhausen in Thuringia lies east longitude 10 ° 20 ′ north latitude 51 ° 19 ′
The maximum distance to the national borders is in Heiligenstadt in Thuringia, east longitude 10 ° 8 ′ north latitude 51 ° 23 ′
The center of the population is in Spangenberg in Hesse east longitude 9 ° 39 ′ north latitude 51 ° 7 ′
ups and downs
Natural highs and lows
Maximum altitude: Zugspitze , Bavaria, 2962 m (47 ° 25 ′ 16 north, 10 ° 59 ′ 11 east)
The deepest artificial point is the Hambach opencast mine in North Rhine-Westphalia about 370 m below the local ground level, corresponding to about 270 m below sea level (50 ° 54 ′ 39 ″ north, 6 ° 30 ′ 10 ″ east). Therefore, this point is also the deepest open point Germany.
The highest artificial elevation is the Sophienhöhe , which is adjacent to the Hambach opencast mine, with a difference of 218 m relative to the surroundings (50 ° 55 ′ 55 ″ north, 6 ° 26 ′ 56 ″ east)
If you add the two height differences together, you get a difference of around 590 m, one of the largest artificial, open height differences in the world.
↑ [1] Chapter 1 Geography and Climate from the Statistical Yearbook 2014, page 13
↑ Theoretically, it is the only place in Germany that is in the time zone GMT + 1 (winter) ( WOZ ). Although the sun rises here more than an hour earlier than in London, the CET defined for Germany naturally also applies here , which deviates from the actual time zone (GMT) by one hour.
