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Geodata Schwalm-Eder-Kreis
Landkreis Schwalm-Eder-Kreis · Hesse
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Ready-made files from this server — one click, one download, uniform nationwide in EPSG:25832.
🗺️ ALKIS — Real-estate cadastre: parcels, building footprints and land use
260,346 parcels, 221,293 buildings, 129,699 land-use polygons.
| Package | Size |
|---|---|
| Complete package (3 layers) | on demand |
| Parcels only | on demand |
| Building footprints only | on demand |
| Land use only | on demand |
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⛰️ DGM1 — Digital terrain model: elevations on a 1-metre grid
1,679 tiles of 1 km² each (4.12 GB), 1 m grid, EPSG:25832.
| Access | Extent |
|---|---|
| Tile list (1,679 tiles, JSON) | 4.12 GB |
🏙️ DOM1 — Digital surface model: unified 1-metre elevation grid including buildings and vegetation
1,679 tiles of 1 km² each (4.65 GB), 1 m grid, EPSG:25832.
| Access | Extent |
|---|---|
| Tile list (1,679 tiles, JSON) | 4.65 GB |
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There is no copy of these datasets here: the tables link per tile to the server of the responsible state agency.
✈️ DOP — Digital orthophotos: current aerial imagery directly from the state agencies
1,679 tiles, period 2024-08-06–2025-06-14.
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Download links (1,679 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
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Land use in Landkreis Schwalm-Eder-Kreis
What the land is used for — summed from the ALKIS land-use polygons, not taken from official statistics. Shares refer to the district area of 1,538 km².
| Use | Area | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | 743 km² | 48.3 % |
| Forest | 554 km² | 36.0 % |
| Paths and tracks | 53 km² | 3.5 % |
| Residential land | 46 km² | 3.0 % |
| Road transport | 34 km² | 2.2 % |
| Water bodies | 22 km² | 1.4 % |
| Mixed-use area | 19 km² | 1.2 % |
| Industry & commerce | 17 km² | 1.1 % |
| Woodland | 14 km² | 0.9 % |
| Sports, leisure & recreation | 9 km² | 0.6 % |
| Special-purpose area | 7 km² | 0.4 % |
| Open-cast mining, mining & spoil heaps | 6 km² | 0.4 % |
| Wasteland & unvegetated land | 5 km² | 0.4 % |
| Rail transport | 444 ha | 0.3 % |
| Cemetery | 156 ha | 0.1 % |
| Squares | 106 ha | 0.1 % |
The data covers the district area completely. All states compared →
Terrain elevation in Landkreis Schwalm-Eder-Kreis
Calculated from the digital terrain model (DGM1): minimum, maximum and a tile-area-weighted mean of the elevations above sea level (NHN).
| Metric | Elevation above sea level (NHN) |
|---|---|
| Minimum | 141.0 m |
| Mean | 302.1 m |
| Maximum | 675.5 m |
Municipalities in Landkreis Schwalm-Eder-Kreis
- Bad Zwesten
- Borken (Hessen)
- Edermünde
- Felsberg
- Frielendorf
- Fritzlar
- Gilserberg
- Gudensberg
- Guxhagen
- Homberg (Efze)
- Jesberg
- Knüllwald
- Körle
- Malsfeld
- Melsungen
- Morschen
- Neuental
- Neukirchen
- Niedenstein
- Oberaula
- Ottrau
- Schrecksbach
- Schwalmstadt
- Schwarzenborn
- Spangenberg
- Wabern
- Willingshausen
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Data as of: 2026-09-01.