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Essingen: Official Land Value (Bodenrichtwert)

In and around Essingen: elevation 150 m · slope 2.3% · solar irradiation 1151 kWh/m² · annual rainfall 712 mm · clay content 28.3% · earthquake exposure medium · average high temperature 24.4 °C · 135 industrial sites · climate Cfb temperate oceanic · terrain flat plain · 260 frost-free days · bedrock mixed sedimentary · 1 kW panel yields 1163 kWh · surroundings 6% tree cover, 34% cropland, 9% built-up · no flood event in the source dataset · soil density 1350 kg/m³.

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Essingen occupies low-lying, largely level terrain. Rainfall is scarce, yet irradiation stays limited. 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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Location

Essingen lies at 49.2378° north, 8.1742° east in Germany.

The nearest city in this archive is Bornheim, roughly 2 km away; Germany covers 10751 places in total.

Soil was measured 5 km outside Essingen; 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 154 m and annual irradiation 1151 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 middle elevation band · close to level · in the middle irradiation band · in the driest fifth · among the most clay-rich soils.

Nearby cities

BornheimKnöringenGroßfischlingenKleinfischlingenHochstadt (Pfalz)Böbingen

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).

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What is the terrain and climate like in Essingen?

Elevation150 m — low elevation
Slope2.3% — moderately sloping; terracing or a retaining wall may be needed
Solar irradiation1151 kWh/m² — moderate irradiation
Annual rainfall712 mm — low rainfall
Temperature range-1.2 – 24.4 °C
Climate classCfb temperate oceanic
Landformflat plain
Frost-free period260 d
Surface temperature (day)20.0 °C
Relative humidity61%
Solar energy potential1163 kWh/kWp
Wetness index520.0

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

What is the soil like in Essingen?

0-5 cm depth

Clay28.3% — clay-rich; swells when wet and shrinks when dry
Sand23.9%
Silt47.7%
Soil pH6.8 — near neutral; supports a wide range of crops
Organic carbon38.6 g/kg
Surface rockmixed sedimentary
Soil density1350 kg/m³
Water holding capacity30%
Erosion factor233.0

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

What amenities are near Essingen?

Counted within a 3 km radius.

Schools1
Hospitals0
Hotels3
Museums0
Restaurants5
Supermarkets1

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors

Land cover and environment

Land covercropland
Surroundings6% tree cover · 34% cropland · 51% grassland · 9% built-up
Vegetation index0.20
Settlement typerural
Population density1582 /km²
Human impact35
CORINE classVineyards
Industrial sites (5 km)135

Source: CORINE Land Cover — EEA · Industrial Emissions Portal — EEA · ESA WorldCover 10 m · GHS-SMOD — JRC · GHSL Urban Centre Database — JRC

Hazard profile for Essingen

The assessment below applies at Germany level.

Earthquakemedium
River floodhigh
Urban floodhigh
Coastal floodhigh
Landslidemedium
Wildfirehigh
Water scarcitymedium
Extreme heatmedium
Tsunamivery low
Volcanomedium

Source: ThinkHazard! — World Bank / GFDRR · 2024 · last verified: 2026-09-21

Access and utilities

Nearest road 7 m (secondary road) · Power line 537 m

Measured from OpenStreetMap data. Legal road frontage and connection rights must be verified separately.

Where this place stands nationally

slope steeper than 34% of settlements in this country · solar yield above 86% of them · farther from a road than 3% of them · built-up share higher than 74% of them

Compared against every settlement in the same country.

What can be done here?

Housing access indicators:
✓ road 7m · power line 537m

Energy site screening indicators:
✓ main road 7m · power line 537m

Physical site indicators:
✓ main road 7m

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.

What grows on this land?

pasture grasses %86 · triticale %84 · buckwheat %82 · reed canary grass %82 · switchgrass %82 · flax %82

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

What changed in twenty years?

rising chickpea (+37), foxtail millet (+25), gram (+23) · falling cabbage (-17), potato (-13), sunflower (-13)

Difference in suitability between 1981-2000 and 2001-2020.

Actual land sales

Südliche Weinstraße, Landkreis · 2025 · district (Kreis) level

Average sale value 263 €/m² · sales 58 · Building-ready land 345 €/m²

Calculated from official title transfers. A Bodenrichtwert is an official VALUATION; this is the average of actual sales.

Land value and building rights

Official regional land value set by the valuation board.

Official zone value at this point 30 €/m²

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This is a zonal value, not the value of an individual plot.