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Langenbach: Official Land Value (Bodenrichtwert)

In and around Langenbach: elevation 325 m · slope 21.7% · solar irradiation 1129 kWh/m² · annual rainfall 960 mm · clay content 25.0% · earthquake exposure medium · average high temperature 22.5 °C · climate Cfb temperate oceanic · terrain hills · 244 frost-free days · bedrock metamorphic · 1 kW panel yields 1113 kWh · surroundings 49% tree cover, 36% cropland · no flood event in the source dataset · soil density 1220 kg/m³.

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Langenbach 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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Location

Langenbach lies at 49.4955° north, 7.3218° east in Germany.

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

Soil was measured at the centre of Langenbach itself. The settlement falls outside the urban centre database, so no population time series is available. Measured elevation is 321 m and annual irradiation 1129 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 · below median irradiation · in the middle rainfall band · in the middle texture band.

Nearby cities

SelchenbachAlbessenKrottelbachKonkenHerchweilerHerschweiler-Pettersheim

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 Langenbach?

Elevation325 m — moderate elevation
Slope21.7% — very steep; building is costly and planning limits are likely
Solar irradiation1129 kWh/m² — moderate irradiation
Annual rainfall960 mm — temperate rainfall
Temperature range-1.7 – 22.5 °C
Climate classCfb temperate oceanic
Landformhills
Frost-free period244 d
Surface temperature (day)18.4 °C
Relative humidity65%
Solar energy potential1113 kWh/kWp
Wetness index591.0

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 Langenbach?

0-5 cm depth

Clay25.0% — balanced texture
Sand28.4%
Silt46.7%
Soil pH6.3 — slightly acidic; suits most crops
Organic carbon73.9 g/kg
Surface rockmetamorphic
Soil density1220 kg/m³
Water holding capacity33%
Erosion factor231.0

Measured at the city centre.

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

What amenities are near Langenbach?

Counted within a 3 km radius.

Schools0
Hospitals0
Hotels0
Museums0
Restaurants5
Supermarkets0

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors

Land cover and environment

Land covertree cover
Surroundings49% tree cover · 36% cropland · 13% grassland · 2% built-up
Vegetation index0.30
Settlement typelow density rural
Population density217 /km²
Human impact21
CORINE classDiscontinuous urban fabric
Urban land useOther roads and associated land
Change 2012-2018Pastures → Construction sites
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 Langenbach

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 25 m (residential street) · Nearest main road 39 m (tertiary road) · Power line 320 m

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

Where this place stands nationally

slope steeper than 92% of settlements in this country · solar yield above 69% of them · farther from a road than 23% 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 25m · power line 320m

Energy site screening indicators:
✓ main road 39m · power line 320m

Physical site indicators:
✓ main road 39m

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: Discontinuous low density urban fabric (S.L. : 10% - 30%)

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

What grows on this land?

pasture grasses %41 · buckwheat %34 · reed canary grass %31 · rye %22 · triticale %22 · camelina %21

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 (+20), maize (+20), sorghum (+19) · falling camelina (-9), pasture grasses (-7), alfalfa (-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 42 €/m²

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