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Westhausen: Official Land Value (Bodenrichtwert)

In and around Westhausen: elevation 316 m · solar irradiation 1110 kWh/m² · annual rainfall 698 mm · clay content 30.9% · earthquake exposure medium · average high temperature 22.7 °C · 36 industrial sites · climate Dfb humid continental warm summer · terrain flat plain · 232 frost-free days · bedrock mixed sedimentary · 1 kW panel yields 1097 kWh · surroundings 16% tree cover, 56% cropland · no flood event in the source dataset · soil density 1300 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.

What you can look up here

Click any point within Westhausen and WoZo queries the official cadastral service directly.

Accuracy and limits

The data shown for Westhausen comes straight from the official source; WoZo does not edit or estimate it. Sources, licences and limits →

Location

Westhausen lies at 50.3173° north, 10.6555° east in Germany.

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

Soil was measured at the centre of Westhausen itself. The settlement falls outside the urban centre database, so no population time series is available. Measured elevation is 320 m and annual irradiation 1110 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 least sunny fifth · in the driest fifth · among the most clay-rich soils.

Nearby cities

SchlechtsartStraufhainHeldburgTrappstadtSchweickershausenErmershausen

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 Westhausen?

Elevation316 m — moderate elevation
Solar irradiation1110 kWh/m² — moderate irradiation
Annual rainfall698 mm — low rainfall
Temperature range-3.1 – 22.7 °C
Climate classDfb humid continental warm summer
Landformflat plain
Frost-free period232 d
Snow cover82 d
Surface temperature (day)20.0 °C
Relative humidity63%
Solar energy potential1097 kWh/kWp
Wetness index541.0

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 Westhausen?

0-5 cm depth

Clay30.9% — clay-rich; swells when wet and shrinks when dry
Sand28.5%
Silt40.7%
Soil pH6.4 — slightly acidic; suits most crops
Organic carbon43.9 g/kg
Surface rockmixed sedimentary
Soil density1300 kg/m³
Water holding capacity30%
Erosion factor111.0

Measured at the city centre.

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

What amenities are near Westhausen?

Counted within a 3 km radius.

Schools0
Hospitals0
Hotels0
Museums0
Restaurants1
Supermarkets1

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors

Land cover and environment

Land covergrassland
Surroundings16% tree cover · 56% cropland · 24% grassland · 3% built-up
Vegetation index0.20
Settlement typelow density rural
Population density498 /km²
Human impact28
CORINE classNon-irrigated arable land
Industrial sites (5 km)36

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

Hazard profile for Westhausen

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 10 m (track) · Nearest main road 224 m (tertiary road) · Power line 65 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 7% of them

Compared against every settlement in the same country.

What can be done here?

Housing access indicators:
✓ road 10m · power line 65m

Energy site screening indicators:
✓ main road 224m · power line 65m

Physical site indicators:
✓ main road 224m

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 %93 · flax %82 · oat %82 · barley %77 · silage maize %77 · rye %77

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 (+70), maize (+63), sorghum (+47) · falling carrot (-10), miscanthus (-5)

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

Official values of building-land zones

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

Median 13 €/m² · 80% of zones 3–32 €/m² · 8 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

Hildburghausen, Landkreis · 2025 · district (Kreis) level

Average sale value 14 €/m² · sales 48 · Building-ready land 31 €/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 40 €/m²

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

Planning constraints

Source: Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN)