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Forst: Official Land Value (Bodenrichtwert)

In and around Forst: elevation 247 m · slope 11.4% · solar irradiation 1071 kWh/m² · annual rainfall 1139 mm · clay content 24.4% · earthquake exposure medium · average high temperature 21.8 °C · climate Cfb temperate oceanic · terrain low hills · 242 frost-free days · bedrock metamorphic · 1 kW panel yields 1041 kWh · surroundings 66% tree cover · no flood event in the source dataset · soil density 1250 kg/m³.

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Forst lies at moderate elevation on sloping ground. 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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Accuracy and limits

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Location

Forst lies at 50.8107° north, 7.6843° east in Germany.

The nearest city in this archive is Bitzen, roughly 3 km away; Germany covers 10751 places in total.

Soil was measured at the centre of Forst itself. The settlement falls outside the urban centre database, so no population time series is available. Measured elevation is 256 m and annual irradiation 1071 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: above the median elevation · steeper than the median · in the least sunny fifth · in the wettest fifth · in the middle texture band.

Nearby cities

BitzenFürthenEtzbachHamm (Sieg)MorsbachSeelbach bei Hamm (Sieg)

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 Forst?

Elevation247 m — moderate elevation
Slope11.4% — very steep; building is costly and planning limits are likely
Solar irradiation1071 kWh/m² — low irradiation; panel yield stays limited
Annual rainfall1139 mm — temperate rainfall
Temperature range-1.7 – 21.8 °C
Climate classCfb temperate oceanic
Landformlow hills
Frost-free period242 d
Surface temperature (day)17.6 °C
Relative humidity65%
Solar energy potential1041 kWh/kWp
Wetness index427.0

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 Forst?

0-5 cm depth

Clay24.4% — balanced texture
Sand19.1%
Silt56.5%
Soil pH5.1 — acidic soil; may need liming
Organic carbon75.1 g/kg
Surface rockmetamorphic
Soil density1250 kg/m³
Water holding capacity31%
Erosion factor722.0

Measured at the city centre.

Source: SoilGrids — ISRIC World Soil Information · 250 m · 2020 · last verified: 2026-09-21

What amenities are near Forst?

Counted within a 3 km radius.

Schools0
Hospitals0
Hotels0
Museums0
Restaurants0
Supermarkets0

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors

Land cover and environment

Land covertree cover
Surroundings66% tree cover · 32% grassland · 2% built-up
Vegetation index0.30
Settlement typelow density rural
Population density77 /km²
Human impact20
CORINE classConiferous forest
Urban land useOther roads and associated land
Change 2012-2018Industrial, commercial, public, military and → Pastures
Industrial sites (5 km)0

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

Hazard profile for Forst

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 42 m (track) · Nearest main road 223 m (tertiary road) · Power line 330 m

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

Where this place stands nationally

slope steeper than 81% of settlements in this country · solar yield above 14% of them · built-up share higher than 23% of them

Compared against every settlement in the same country.

What can be done here?

Housing access indicators:
✓ road 42m · power line 330m

Energy site screening indicators:
✓ main road 223m · power line 330m

Physical site indicators:
✓ main road 223m

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.

Urban land use

At this point: Pastures

From Copernicus Urban Atlas (2012); covers urban areas, rural locations may have no data.

What grows on this land?

pasture grasses %41 · reed canary grass %29 · buckwheat %29

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 energy tobacco (+16), soybean (+15), biomass sorghum (+12)

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

Actual land sales

Altenkirchen (Westerwald), Landkreis · 2025 · district (Kreis) level

Average sale value 55 €/m² · sales 198 · Building-ready land 63 €/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 0.9 €/m² (agricultural land)

The official value at this point belongs to agricultural or forest land, not to a building zone; it is not the building-land value of the settlement.

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

Planning constraints

Source: Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN)