In and around Birkenfeld: elevation 402 m · slope 6.4% · solar irradiation 1141 kWh/m² · annual rainfall 922 mm · clay content 25.1% · earthquake exposure medium · average high temperature 21.7 °C · 79 industrial sites · climate Cfb temperate oceanic · terrain smooth plain · 237 frost-free days · bedrock metamorphic · 1 kW panel yields 1097 kWh · surroundings 44% tree cover, 8% cropland, 27% built-up · no flood event in the source dataset · soil density 1160 kg/m³.
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Birkenfeld stands on a level plateau at moderate elevation. The climate runs temperate. A soil and drainage survey is worth doing before building.
In Germany the official land value (Bodenrichtwert) is set by state expert committees each year as of 1 January.
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Birkenfeld lies at 49.6506° north, 7.1661° east in Germany.
The nearest city in this archive is Gollenberg, roughly 2 km away; Germany covers 10751 places in total.
Soil was measured 5 km outside Birkenfeld; sealed surfaces leave no reading in the core. The settlement falls outside the urban centre database, so no population time series is available. Measured elevation is 409 m and annual irradiation 1141 kWh/m². Earthquake exposure reads medium. 10 hazard categories have been assessed for this settlement.
Set against the 907 places in Germany with all these measurements, this one sits: in the highest fifth by elevation · in the middle slope band · below median irradiation · in the middle rainfall band · in the middle texture band.
GollenbergEllenbergDienstweilerElchweilerSchmißbergOberhambach
Land values: BORIS-D (state valuation boards, 11 states) and BORIS-NRW / IT.NRW. Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Saarland and Schleswig-Holstein are outside BORIS-D; no land value is shown for those states. Licence: Datenlizenz Deutschland Zero 2.0. Values cover 2011-2026. Place names and coordinates: © BKG 2026 dl-de/by-2-0 (Verwaltungsgebiete 1:250 000); Geobasis NRW (DVG).
Source: OpenLandMap bare-earth DTM ensemble · 30 m · 2018 · last verified: 2026-09-21
Source: CHELSA V2.1 · 1 km · 1981-2010 · last verified: 2026-09-21
0-5 cm depth
Soil measured 5 km from the centre; sealed surfaces leave no reading in the city core.
Source: SoilGrids — ISRIC World Soil Information · 250 m · 2020 · last verified: 2026-09-21
Counted within a 3 km radius.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors
Source: CORINE Land Cover — EEA · Industrial Emissions Portal — EEA · ESA WorldCover 10 m · GHS-SMOD — JRC · GHSL Urban Centre Database — JRC
The assessment below applies at Germany level.
Source: ThinkHazard! — World Bank / GFDRR · 2024 · last verified: 2026-09-21
Nearest road 28 m (residential street) · Nearest main road 122 m (tertiary road) · Power line 749 m
Measured from OpenStreetMap data. Legal road frontage and connection rights must be verified separately.
farther from a road than 26% of them · built-up share higher than 95% of them
Compared against every settlement in the same country.
Housing access indicators:
✓ road 28m · power line 749m
Energy site screening indicators:
✓ main road 122m · power line 749m
Physical site indicators:
✓ main road 122m
Only physical conditions are assessed (access, slope, fabric, hazards). Planning status and building rights must be confirmed with the local authority. Power-line distance is measured from OpenStreetMap; grid capacity and connection feasibility are not assessed.
pasture grasses %46 · reed canary grass %35 · buckwheat %35 · camelina %27 · rye %25 · wheat %25
FAO/IIASA GAEZ v5 climate and soil suitability model, for rain-fed, high-input farming. The percentage is an average over roughly 14 km around the point.
Source: GAEZ v5 — FAO / IIASA · 1 km · 2001-2020
rising energy tobacco (+15), biomass sorghum (+12), soybean (+11) · falling camelina (-7), potato (-5)
Difference in suitability between 1981-2000 and 2001-2020.
Birkenfeld, Landkreis · 2025 · district (Kreis) level
Average sale value 43 €/m² · sales 68 · Building-ready land 53 €/m²
Calculated from official title transfers. A Bodenrichtwert is an official VALUATION; this is the average of actual sales.
Official regional land value set by the valuation board.
Official zone value at this point 50 €/m²
This is a zonal value, not the value of an individual plot.
Source: Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN)