Das Hotel liegt weit vom Zentrum entfernt.

In German, liegen is very commonly used for the location of something that is situated somewhere, especially buildings, towns, regions, and places.

So Das Hotel liegt ... means The hotel is located ... or The hotel lies ... in a geographical sense.

This is very natural in German:

• Das Hotel liegt am See. = The hotel is located by the lake.
• Berlin liegt im Osten Deutschlands. = Berlin is in the east of Germany.

English usually says is or is located, while German often prefers liegt for places.

Yes. That is also completely correct and very common.

There is a small difference in feel:

• Das Hotel liegt weit vom Zentrum entfernt. sounds slightly more geographical or descriptive.
• Das Hotel ist weit vom Zentrum entfernt. simply states the condition or fact.

In everyday German, both are natural.

Weit entfernt means far away.

• weit = far
• entfernt = removed / distant / away

Together, they form a very common expression meaning far from something:

• weit vom Zentrum entfernt = far from the center

It is not really redundant in German; it is just an idiomatic way to say distance.

You can compare:

• Das Hotel ist vom Zentrum entfernt. = The hotel is away from the center / removed from the center.
• Das Hotel ist weit vom Zentrum entfernt. = The hotel is far from the center.

So weit adds the idea of a large distance.

Because vom is a contraction of von dem.

• von = from
• dem = the (dative masculine/neuter)

Since Zentrum is neuter (das Zentrum), after von it becomes dem Zentrum in the dative case.

So:

• von dem Zentrum → vom Zentrum

This contraction is very common and usually preferred.

Because von always takes the dative case.

The noun is das Zentrum in the nominative, but after von it changes:

• nominative: das Zentrum
• dative: dem Zentrum

So:

• vom Zentrum = from the center

Other examples:

• vom Bahnhof = from the station
• von der Schule = from the school
• vom Hotel = from the hotel

Here, entfernt functions like an adjective meaning distant or away.

It comes from the verb entfernen = to remove, but in this sentence it is used in an adjective-like way:

• Das Hotel ist entfernt.
• Das Hotel ist weit entfernt.

You will often see entfernt in phrases about distance:

• zwei Kilometer entfernt = two kilometers away
• weit entfernt = far away
• nicht weit entfernt = not far away

Because in German, adjective-like words that complete the meaning after sein or liegen often come near the end, especially in expressions like weit vom Zentrum entfernt.

You can think of weit vom Zentrum entfernt as one unit describing the hotel’s location.

German often puts important descriptive information later in the sentence:

• Das Haus ist sehr alt.
• Die Schule liegt nahe am Fluss.
• Das Hotel liegt weit vom Zentrum entfernt.

So the final position of entfernt is normal.

It is not completely fixed in the sense of being unchangeable, but it is a very common pattern.

You can replace parts of it:

• nicht weit vom Zentrum entfernt = not far from the center
• nur wenige Minuten vom Zentrum entfernt = only a few minutes from the center
• 20 Kilometer vom Zentrum entfernt = 20 kilometers from the center

So the pattern is very productive: [distance expression] + von + place + entfernt

Yes, that is also possible.

Both are understandable:

• Das Hotel liegt weit vom Zentrum entfernt.
• Das Hotel liegt weit entfernt vom Zentrum.

However, weit vom Zentrum entfernt is the more usual and smoother word order.

German often places entfernt after the von-phrase in this kind of sentence.

Zentrum means center in a general sense. In many contexts, especially when talking about a city, it naturally means the city center.

Stadtzentrum is more specific and means city center explicitly.

So:

• weit vom Zentrum entfernt = far from the center
• weit vom Stadtzentrum entfernt = far from the city center

In this sentence, Zentrum is enough because the context makes it clear.

Because German has preferred word-order patterns, and weit vom Zentrum entfernt is the natural one.

The basic structure is:

• Das Hotel = subject
• liegt = verb
• weit vom Zentrum entfernt = description of location/distance

German does allow some flexibility, but not every rearrangement sounds natural.
entfernt weit vom Zentrum would sound wrong or very unnatural.

So it is best to learn weit vom Zentrum entfernt as a common chunk.

In this sentence, yes: it refers to physical distance.

But weit can also be used more generally:

• Das ist weit besser. = That is much better.
• weit in der Zukunft = far in the future

Here, though, with vom Zentrum entfernt, it clearly means far away in space.

A natural negated version would be:

Das Hotel liegt nicht weit vom Zentrum entfernt.
= The hotel is not far from the center.

You usually put nicht before weit:

• nicht weit entfernt = not far away

That is the normal way to express the opposite idea.