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Kappeln: Official Land Value (Bodenrichtwert)

In and around Kappeln: elevation 274 m · slope 14.2% · solar irradiation 1145 kWh/m² · annual rainfall 712 mm · clay content 23.9% · earthquake exposure medium · average high temperature 22.9 °C · 35 industrial sites · climate Cfb temperate oceanic · terrain low hills · 247 frost-free days · bedrock metamorphic · 1 kW panel yields 1109 kWh · surroundings 39% tree cover, 39% cropland · no flood event in the source dataset · soil density 1280 kg/m³.

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Kappeln lies at moderate elevation on sloping ground. 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

Kappeln lies at 49.6778° north, 7.5640° east in Germany.

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

Soil was measured at the centre of Kappeln itself. The settlement falls outside the urban centre database, so no population time series is available. Measured elevation is 271 m and annual irradiation 1145 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 · in the steepest fifth · in the middle irradiation band · in the driest fifth · in the middle texture band.

Nearby cities

GrumbachSchweinschiedHausweilerMerzweilerLöllbachHoppstädten

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 Kappeln?

Elevation274 m — moderate elevation
Slope14.2% — very steep; building is costly and planning limits are likely
Solar irradiation1145 kWh/m² — moderate irradiation
Annual rainfall712 mm — low rainfall
Temperature range-1.6 – 22.9 °C
Climate classCfb temperate oceanic
Landformlow hills
Frost-free period247 d
Surface temperature (day)17.1 °C
Relative humidity63%
Solar energy potential1109 kWh/kWp
Wetness index390.0

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 Kappeln?

0-5 cm depth

Clay23.9% — balanced texture
Sand22.6%
Silt53.5%
Soil pH6.5 — near neutral; supports a wide range of crops
Organic carbon55.6 g/kg
Surface rockmetamorphic
Soil density1280 kg/m³
Water holding capacity33%
Erosion factor801.0

Measured at the city centre.

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

What amenities are near Kappeln?

Counted within a 3 km radius.

Schools0
Hospitals0
Hotels0
Museums0
Restaurants0
Supermarkets0

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors

Land cover and environment

Land covergrassland
Surroundings39% tree cover · 39% cropland · 22% grassland · 1% built-up
Vegetation index0.30
Settlement typevery dispersed rural
Population density21 /km²
Human impact24
CORINE classPastures
Urban land useOther roads and associated land
Change 2012-2018Construction sites → Land without current use
Industrial sites (5 km)35

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 Kappeln

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 98 m (track) · Nearest main road 316 m (secondary road) · Power line 365 m

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

Where this place stands nationally

slope steeper than 85% of settlements in this country · solar yield above 67% of them · farther from a road than 72% of them · built-up share higher than 14% of them

Compared against every settlement in the same country.

What can be done here?

Housing access indicators:
✓ road 98m · power line 365m

Energy site screening indicators:
✓ main road 316m · power line 365m

Physical site indicators:
✓ main road 316m

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?

buckwheat %30 · pasture grasses %26 · reed canary grass %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

What changed in twenty years?

rising biomass sorghum (+17), sorghum (+16), maize (+16) · falling pasture grasses (-16), barley (-6), reed canary grass (-6)

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

Actual land sales

Kusel, Landkreis · 2025 · district (Kreis) level

Average sale value 77 €/m² · sales 41 · Building-ready land 82 €/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 0.55 €/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.