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Geodata Schortens
Stadt Schortens · Landkreis Friesland · Lower Saxony · Municipality key (AGS) 03455015
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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
15,605 parcels.
| Package | Size |
|---|---|
| Complete package (3 layers) | on demand |
| Parcels only | on demand |
| Building footprints only | on demand |
| Land use only | on demand |
Source: © GeoBasis-DE/LGLN · Licence CC BY 4.0
⛰️ DGM1 — Digital terrain model: elevations on a 1-metre grid
98 tiles of 1 km² each (350 MB), 1 m grid, EPSG:25832.
| Access | Extent |
|---|---|
| Tile list (98 tiles, JSON) | 350 MB |
🏙️ DOM1 — Digital surface model: unified 1-metre elevation grid including buildings and vegetation
98 tiles of 1 km² each (301 MB), 1 m grid, EPSG:25832.
| Access | Extent |
|---|---|
| Tile list (98 tiles, JSON) | 301 MB |
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
98 tiles, period 2026-03-05–2026-03-05.
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Download links (98 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
Show historical years individually (7)
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Historical year 2012 (25 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2014 (4 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2015 (25 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2017 (25 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2020 (25 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2023 (25 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2026 (98 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
📷 bDOM — Image-based surface model at native resolution — directly from the state agency
98 tiles, period 2026-03-05–2026-03-05.
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Download links (98 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
Show historical years individually (2)
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Historical year 2023 (98 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2026 (98 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
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Land use in Schortens
What the land is used for — summed from the ALKIS land-use polygons, not taken from official statistics. Shares refer to the municipal area of 69 km².
| Use | Area | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | 39 km² | 56.1 % |
| Forest | 9 km² | 13.4 % |
| Residential land | 7 km² | 10.1 % |
| Road transport | 280 ha | 4.1 % |
| Other uses | 265 ha | 3.9 % |
| Water bodies | 187 ha | 2.7 % |
| Industry & commerce | 174 ha | 2.5 % |
| Sports, leisure & recreation | 130 ha | 1.9 % |
| Paths and tracks | 126 ha | 1.8 % |
| Woodland | 89 ha | 1.3 % |
| Mixed-use area | 84 ha | 1.2 % |
| Rail transport | 33 ha | 0.5 % |
| Wasteland & unvegetated land | 29 ha | 0.4 % |
| Squares | 13 ha | 0.2 % |
| Heath, bog & marsh | 11 ha | 0.2 % |
| Cemetery | 4 ha | 0.1 % |
The data covers the municipal area completely. All states compared →
Terrain elevation in Schortens
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 | -1.9 m |
| Mean | 1.9 m |
| Maximum | 22.6 m |
The extract is generated on click and covers the entire municipal area.
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Data as of: 2026-09-02.