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Bischoffen, Bischoffen, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Regierungsbezirk Gießen, Hessen, Germany

Alternative Names:	Bischoffen, Bishofen, Bishoffen, bi shao fen, Бишофен, Бишоффен, Бішоффен, 比绍芬
Type:	Seat of a fourth-order administrative division
Mindat Locality:	Bischoffen, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
Mindat.org Region:	Bischoffen, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany
Region:	Bischoffen, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Regierungsbezirk Gießen, Hessen, Germany
Latitude:	50° 42' 0" N
Longitude:	8° 26' 59" E
Lat/Long (dec):	50.7,8.45
Köppen climate type:	Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate
Population:	3,478 (2011)
Mindat Feature ID:	2948307
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:2948307:3
GUID:	bba1d1e5-1cda-458c-914d-4bca3f9e2c6a

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Mindat.org localities near to this feature

Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Ballersbach, Mittenaar, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 40' 59" N	8° 23' 3" E	5.0km (3.1 miles)
Hartenrod, Bad Endbach, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 45' 32" N	8° 27' 38" E	6.6km (4.1 miles)
Ypsilanta Mine, Oberscheld, Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 44' 34" N	8° 22' 30" E	7.1km (4.4 miles)
Auguststollen mine, Oberscheld, Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 44' 8" N	8° 21' 52" E	7.2km (4.5 miles)
Diabase quarry, Hartenrod, Bad Endbach, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 45' 48" N	8° 28' 41" E	7.3km (4.6 miles)
Prinzkessel mine, Oberscheld, Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 44' 15" N	8° 21' 22" E	7.8km (4.9 miles)
Diabase quarry, Oberscheld, Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 43' 35" N	8° 20' 32" E	8.1km (5.1 miles)
Schöner Anfang mine, Breitenbach, Ehringshausen, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 37' 44" N	8° 24' 45" E	8.3km (5.2 miles)
Oberscheld, Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 44' 3" N	8° 20' 38" E	8.4km (5.2 miles)
Diabase quarries, Herborn, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 42' 23" N	8° 19' 45" E	8.5km (5.3 miles)
Oberscheld blast furnace, Oberscheld, Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 43' 53" N	8° 20' 15" E	8.6km (5.4 miles)
Hilfe Gottes Mine, Oberscheld, Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 45' 37" N	8° 22' 20" E	8.6km (5.4 miles)
Königsberg, Biebertal, Giessen, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 38' 39" N	8° 32' 9" E	8.7km (5.4 miles)
Königszug Mine, Oberscheld, Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 45' 24" N	8° 21' 46" E	8.8km (5.5 miles)
Beilstein Mine, Oberscheld, Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 44' 53" N	8° 21' 1" E	8.8km (5.5 miles)
Hirschkopf quarry, Blasbach, Wetzlar, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 37' 17" N	8° 29' 52" E	9.4km (5.8 miles)
Königsberger Gemarkung Mine, Königsberg, Biebertal, Giessen, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 38' 21" N	8° 32' 50" E	9.6km (6.0 miles)
Neuhoffnung smelter, Sinn (Hesse), Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 39' 24" N	8° 19' 27" E	10.1km (6.3 miles)
Niederscheld, Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 43' 20" N	8° 18' 29" E	10.3km (6.4 miles)
Diabase quarries, Hirzenhain, Eschenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 47' 31" N	8° 25' 4" E	10.5km (6.5 miles)
Bottenhorn, Bad Endbach, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 47' 32" N	8° 28' 46" E	10.5km (6.5 miles)
Dünsberg, Rodheim-Bieber, Biebertal, Giessen, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 39' 1" N	8° 34' 49" E	10.7km (6.7 miles)
Rachelshausen, Gladenbach, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 47' 17" N	8° 31' 45" E	11.3km (7.0 miles)
Werdorf, Aßlar, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 35' 57" N	8° 25' 1" E	11.4km (7.1 miles)
Laufenderstein Mine, Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 44' 5" N	8° 17' 48" E	11.5km (7.1 miles)
Diabase quarry, Rachelshausen, Gladenbach, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 47' 33" N	8° 31' 30" E	11.6km (7.2 miles)
Eleonore Mine, Rodheim-Bieber, Biebertal, Giessen, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 38' 8" N	8° 34' 53" E	11.7km (7.3 miles)
Friedberg Mine, Fellingshausen, Biebertal, Giessen, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 38' 29" N	8° 35' 19" E	11.7km (7.3 miles)
Hirzenhain, Eschenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 47' 58" N	8° 22' 59" E	12.0km (7.5 miles)
Frechenhausen, Angelburg, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	50° 48' 33" N	8° 26' 3" E	12.2km (7.6 miles)

View of the quarry

Diabase quarries, Herborn, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany

View of the quarry

Diabase quarry, Oberscheld, Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany

Hartenrod quarry

Diabase quarry, Hartenrod, Bad Endbach, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany

View of the quarry

Diabase quarries, Herborn, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany

View of the quarry

Diabase quarry, Oberscheld, Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany

Hartenrod quarry

Diabase quarry, Hartenrod, Bad Endbach, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany

View of the quarry

Diabase quarries, Herborn, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany

View of the quarry

Diabase quarry, Oberscheld, Dillenburg, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany

Minerals recorded nearby (within 12.2 km)

ⓘ 'Apophyllite Group'

ⓘ 'Heulandite Subgroup'

ⓘ 'Pumpellyite Subgroup'

ⓘ 'Stilbite Subgroup'

ⓘ Talc

ⓘ var: Steatite

ⓘ Wavellite

Rock types recorded nearby (within 12.2 km)

ⓘ Bituminous-coal

ⓘ Coal

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

Eurasian Plate	Tectonic Plate
Europe	Continent
Rhenish Massif, Europe	Massif
Germany	Country
Hesse, Germany	City-State
Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	Region
Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	District
Bischoffen, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Giessen Region, Hesse, Germany	Municipality
Lahn Valley, Germany	River Valley

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Regions in GADM Database

Region	GADM number
Germany, Hessen, Lahn-Dill-Kreis	86.7.175.0.0.0
Germany, Hessen, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Bischoffen	86.7.175.2398.0.0
Germany, Hessen, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Bischoffen, Bischoffen	86.7.175.2398.3934.0

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