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General information - Location

Country	Austria
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 14.7309,Lat: 46.7035
Elevation	529 meter above sea level
Local time	6:29:14am
Name province/region	Kärnten
Name Subregion	Völkermarkt
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Griffen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lind	4.4 km	SouthEast
2 Haimburg	4.8 km	WestSouthWest
3 Pustritz	4.9 km	North
4 Greutschach	5.7 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Ruden	6.1 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Ljubljana	Slovenia	74 km	South
2 Zagreb	Croatia	138 km	SouthEast
3 Wien	Austria	208 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 134 km (direction SouthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Drau, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Völkermarkter Stausee (9.1 km² at a height of around 390 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Ladinger Spitz with a height of 2079 meter (at a distance of 17.8 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Slovian-Austrian border with a straight distance of 15.1 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 21 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 19%, low mountains: 71%, moderate high mountains: 10%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Klagenfurter Becken

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Ljubljana Jože Pucnik Airport (at a distance of 57 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Klagenfurt Airport (at a distance of 31 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

38.5 km2

49%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

37.7 km2

48.1%

Urban area

1.8 km2

2.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Griffen in country Austria

Griffen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 City of Graz – Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg	Austria	65 km	NorthEast
2 The works of Jože Plečnik in Ljubljana – Human Centred Urban Design	Slovenia	75 km	South
3 Longobards in Italy. Places of the Power (568-774 A.D.)	Italy	121 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Schlossberg Griffen	AT	0.1 km	NorthWest

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Filming Location	IMDB Griffen
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Griffen

Type of weather in Griffen	clear sky
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 18 May 2024:	15 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	05:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:32 Europe/Amsterdam