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Lichtenfels: Official Land Value (Bodenrichtwert)

In and around Lichtenfels: elevation 405 m · slope 14.6% · solar irradiation 1072 kWh/m² · annual rainfall 782 mm · clay content 24.2% · earthquake exposure medium · average high temperature 20.7 °C · climate Dfb humid continental warm summer · terrain hills · 226 frost-free days · bedrock mixed sedimentary · 1 kW panel yields 1045 kWh · surroundings 60% tree cover, 8% cropland · no flood event in the source dataset · soil density 1070 kg/m³.

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Lichtenfels 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

Lichtenfels lies at 51.1600° north, 8.7741° east in Germany.

The nearest city in this archive is Frankenberg (Eder), roughly 9 km away; Germany covers 10751 places in total.

Soil was measured at the centre of Lichtenfels itself. The settlement falls outside the urban centre database, so no population time series is available. Measured elevation is 416 m and annual irradiation 1072 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 steepest fifth · in the least sunny fifth · in the driest fifth · in the middle texture band.

Nearby cities

Frankenberg (Eder)BurgwaldMedebachVöhlHallenbergKorbach

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 Lichtenfels?

Elevation405 m — moderate elevation
Slope14.6% — very steep; building is costly and planning limits are likely
Solar irradiation1072 kWh/m² — low irradiation; panel yield stays limited
Annual rainfall782 mm — low rainfall
Temperature range-2.9 – 20.7 °C
Climate classDfb humid continental warm summer
Landformhills
Frost-free period226 d
Snow cover85 d
Surface temperature (day)17.4 °C
Relative humidity65%
Solar energy potential1045 kWh/kWp
Wetness index353.0

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 Lichtenfels?

0-5 cm depth

Clay24.2% — balanced texture
Sand21.4%
Silt54.4%
Soil pH5.1 — acidic soil; may need liming
Organic carbon105.3 g/kg
Surface rockmixed sedimentary
Soil density1070 kg/m³
Water holding capacity33%
Erosion factor1676.0

Measured at the city centre.

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

What amenities are near Lichtenfels?

Counted within a 3 km radius.

Schools0
Hospitals0
Hotels0
Museums0
Restaurants0
Supermarkets0

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors

Land cover and environment

Land covertree cover
Surroundings60% tree cover · 8% cropland · 31% grassland
Vegetation index0.30
Settlement typevery dispersed rural
Population density0 /km²
Human impact13
CORINE classBroad-leaved forest
Industrial sites (5 km)0

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

Hazard profile for Lichtenfels

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 35 m (track) · Nearest main road 553 m (secondary road) · Power line 788 m

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

Where this place stands nationally

slope steeper than 86% of settlements in this country · solar yield above 17% of them · farther from a road than 33% of them · built-up share higher than 7% of them

Compared against every settlement in the same country.

What can be done here?

Housing access indicators:
✓ road 35m · power line 788m

Energy site screening indicators:
✓ main road 553m · power line 788m

Physical site indicators:
✓ main road 553m

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 %51 · camelina %40 · buckwheat %39 · reed canary grass %39 · rapeseed %29 · flax %27

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 silage maize (+21), sunflower (+19), tomato (+17) · falling rapeseed (-11), carinata (-9)

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

Official values of building-land zones

Lichtenfels · 2024-01-01 · BORIS Hessen, dl-de/zero-2.0

Median 28 €/m² · 80% of zones 20–35 €/m² · 22 zones

Median and 10–90% range calculated by WoZo from all building-land (baureifes Land) Bodenrichtwert zones in the municipality. Not the value of a single plot.

Actual land sales

Waldeck-Frankenberg, Landkreis · 2025 · district (Kreis) level

Average sale value 41 €/m² · sales 42 · Building-ready land 65 €/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 1.2 €/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.