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Geodata Werra-Meißner-Kreis
Landkreis Werra-Meißner-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
187,504 parcels, 158,595 buildings, 87,113 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 |
Source: © HVBG · Licence dl-de/by-2-0
⛰️ DGM1 — Digital terrain model: elevations on a 1-metre grid
1,164 tiles of 1 km² each (2.89 GB), 1 m grid, EPSG:25832.
| Access | Extent |
|---|---|
| Tile list (1,164 tiles, JSON) | 2.89 GB |
🏙️ DOM1 — Digital surface model: unified 1-metre elevation grid including buildings and vegetation
1,379 tiles of 1 km² each (3.91 GB), 1 m grid, EPSG:25832.
| Access | Extent |
|---|---|
| Tile list (1,379 tiles, JSON) | 3.91 GB |
Directly from the state
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
1,347 tiles, period 2018-04-07–2025-03-08.
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Download links (1,347 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
Show historical years individually (14)
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Historical year 2008 (61 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2012 (61 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2013 (27 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2015 (61 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2016 (27 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2017 (61 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2018 (61 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2019 (159 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2020 (132 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2021 (132 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2022 (159 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2023 (132 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2024 (132 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2025 (158 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
📷 bDOM — Image-based surface model at native resolution — directly from the state agency
102 tiles, period 2022-03-10–2025-03-06.
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Download links (102 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
Show historical years individually (2)
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Historical year 2022 (102 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2025 (98 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
📡 LiDAR — Raw laser-scan point clouds of the official surveys — directly from the state agency
147 tiles, period 2014-01-01–2020-01-01.
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Download links (147 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
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Land use in Landkreis Werra-Meißner-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 1,024 km².
| Use | Area | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Forest | 439 km² | 42.9 % |
| Agriculture | 433 km² | 42.3 % |
| Paths and tracks | 36 km² | 3.5 % |
| Residential land | 26 km² | 2.5 % |
| Road transport | 21 km² | 2.0 % |
| Water bodies | 14 km² | 1.4 % |
| Woodland | 13 km² | 1.3 % |
| Mixed-use area | 10 km² | 1.0 % |
| Industry & commerce | 10 km² | 0.9 % |
| Sports, leisure & recreation | 7 km² | 0.7 % |
| Wasteland & unvegetated land | 6 km² | 0.6 % |
| Rail transport | 365 ha | 0.4 % |
| Special-purpose area | 300 ha | 0.3 % |
| Open-cast mining, mining & spoil heaps | 198 ha | 0.2 % |
| Squares | 93 ha | 0.1 % |
| Cemetery | 82 ha | 0.1 % |
The data covers the district area completely. All states compared →
Terrain elevation in Landkreis Werra-Meißner-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 | 125.8 m |
| Mean | 324.6 m |
| Maximum | 751.9 m |
Municipalities in Landkreis Werra-Meißner-Kreis
- Bad Sooden-Allendorf
- Berkatal
- Eschwege
- Großalmerode
- Gutsbezirk Kaufunger Wald
- Herleshausen
- Hessisch Lichtenau
- Meinhard
- Meißner
- Neu-Eichenberg
- Ringgau
- Sontra
- Waldkappel
- Wanfried
- Wehretal
- Weißenborn
- Witzenhausen
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Data as of: 2026-09-01.