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Horbach: Official Land Value (Bodenrichtwert)

In and around Horbach: elevation 370 m · solar irradiation 1146 kWh/m² · annual rainfall 681 mm · clay content 25.5% · earthquake exposure medium · average high temperature 22.2 °C · 16 industrial sites · climate Cfb temperate oceanic · terrain smooth plain · 241 frost-free days · bedrock metamorphic · 1 kW panel yields 1091 kWh · surroundings 65% tree cover, 11% cropland · no flood event in the source dataset · soil density 1170 kg/m³.

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Rainfall is scarce, yet irradiation stays limited. Slope and soil show no obvious constraint; site testing is still required.

In Germany the official land value (Bodenrichtwert) is set by state expert committees each year as of 1 January.

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Location

Horbach lies at 49.8262° north, 7.5155° east in Germany.

The nearest city in this archive is Simmertal, roughly 0 km away; Germany covers 10751 places in total.

Soil was measured at the centre of Horbach itself. The settlement falls outside the urban centre database, so no population time series is available. Measured elevation is 370 m and annual irradiation 1146 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 irradiation band · in the driest fifth · on more clay-rich soil than the median.

Nearby cities

SimmertalBrauweilerWeitersbornHeinzenbergHochstetten-DhaunSchwarzerden

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 Horbach?

Elevation370 m — moderate elevation
Solar irradiation1146 kWh/m² — moderate irradiation
Annual rainfall681 mm — low rainfall
Temperature range-1.8 – 22.2 °C
Climate classCfb temperate oceanic
Landformsmooth plain
Frost-free period241 d
Surface temperature (day)16.9 °C
Relative humidity63%
Solar energy potential1091 kWh/kWp
Wetness index377.0

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 Horbach?

0-5 cm depth

Clay25.5% — balanced texture
Sand19.0%
Silt55.5%
Soil pH6.5 — near neutral; supports a wide range of crops
Organic carbon34.4 g/kg
Surface rockmetamorphic
Soil density1170 kg/m³
Water holding capacity32%
Erosion factor1276.0

Measured at the city centre.

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

What amenities are near Horbach?

Counted within a 3 km radius.

Schools0
Hospitals0
Hotels1
Museums0
Restaurants3
Supermarkets0

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors

Land cover and environment

Land covergrassland
Surroundings65% tree cover · 11% cropland · 23% grassland · 2% built-up
Vegetation index0.30
Settlement typevery dispersed rural
Population density3 /km²
Human impact24
CORINE classNon-irrigated arable land
Industrial sites (5 km)16

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

Hazard profile for Horbach

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 22 m (track) · Nearest main road 695 m (secondary road) · Power line 234 m

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

Where this place stands nationally

farther from a road than 20% 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 22m · power line 234m

Energy site screening indicators:
✓ main road 695m · power line 234m

Physical site indicators:
✓ main road 695m

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?

buckwheat %32 · reed canary grass %29 · pasture grasses %26

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 biomass sorghum (+17), sorghum (+13), maize (+13) · falling pasture grasses (-16), camelina (-9)

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

Actual land sales

Bad Kreuznach, Landkreis · 2025 · district (Kreis) level

Average sale value 133 €/m² · sales 89 · Building-ready land 148 €/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 0.5 €/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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