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Steinach: Official Land Value (Bodenrichtwert)

In and around Steinach: elevation 554 m · solar irradiation 1112 kWh/m² · annual rainfall 1231 mm · clay content 29.4% · earthquake exposure medium · average high temperature 21.0 °C · 19 industrial sites · climate Dfb humid continental warm summer · terrain low hills · 213 frost-free days · bedrock metamorphic · 1 kW panel yields 1031 kWh · surroundings 70% tree cover, 14% built-up · no flood event in the source dataset · soil density 1140 kg/m³.

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Rainfall is generous, irradiation low. 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

Steinach lies at 50.4353° north, 11.1607° east in Germany.

The nearest city in this archive is Lauscha, roughly 5 km away; Germany covers 10751 places in total.

Soil was measured at the centre of Steinach itself. The settlement falls outside the urban centre database, so no population time series is available. Measured elevation is 563 m and annual irradiation 1112 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 least sunny fifth · in the wettest fifth · among the most clay-rich soils.

Nearby cities

LauschaSonnebergNeuhaus am RennwegFrankenblickTettauDeesbach

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 Steinach?

Elevation554 m — high elevation
Solar irradiation1112 kWh/m² — moderate irradiation
Annual rainfall1231 mm — wet climate; drainage design matters
Temperature range-4.5 – 21.0 °C
Climate classDfb humid continental warm summer
Landformlow hills
Frost-free period213 d
Snow cover141 d
Surface temperature (day)16.5 °C
Relative humidity66%
Solar energy potential1031 kWh/kWp
Wetness index385.0

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 Steinach?

0-5 cm depth

Clay29.4% — clay-rich; swells when wet and shrinks when dry
Sand26.0%
Silt44.7%
Soil pH5.9 — slightly acidic; suits most crops
Organic carbon71.2 g/kg
Surface rockmetamorphic
Soil density1140 kg/m³
Water holding capacity32%
Erosion factor728.0

Measured at the city centre.

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

What amenities are near Steinach?

Counted within a 3 km radius.

Schools0
Hospitals0
Hotels2
Museums1
Restaurants6
Supermarkets0

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors

Land cover and environment

Land covergrassland
Surroundings70% tree cover · 15% grassland · 14% built-up
Vegetation index0.20
Settlement typerural
Population density833 /km²
Human impact28
CORINE classDiscontinuous urban fabric
Industrial sites (5 km)19

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

Hazard profile for Steinach

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 5 m (service road) · Nearest main road 285 m (tertiary road) · Power line 528 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 8% of them · farther from a road than 2% of them · built-up share higher than 86% of them

Compared against every settlement in the same country.

What can be done here?

Housing access indicators:
✓ road 5m · power line 528m

Energy site screening indicators:
✓ main road 285m · power line 528m

Physical site indicators:
✓ main road 285m

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 %31 · buckwheat %22 · reed canary grass %21 · camelina %20

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 sunflower (+6)

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

Official values of building-land zones

Steinach · 2026-01-01 · BORIS-TH, dl-de/by-2.0

Median 12 €/m² · 80% of zones 5–26 €/m² · 18 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

Sonneberg, Landkreis · 2025 · district (Kreis) level

Average sale value 48 €/m² · sales 16 · Building-ready land 51 €/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 0.65 €/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)