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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 11.8645,Lat: 50.1755
Elevation	569 meter above sea level
Local time	18:29:37pm
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Bayern
Wiki-website Subregion (Regierungsbezirk)	Oberfranken
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Hof
Name	Sparneck
Name	Weißdorf
Other place with same name 1	Benk Bayern - Oberfranken
Other place with same name 2	Benk Észak-Alföld - Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Weißdorf	1.6 km	NorthWest
2 Sparneck	2.1 km	SouthWest
3 Weißdorf:Bärlas	2.1 km	North
4 Sparneck:Reinersreuth	3.5 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Schwarzenbach a.d. Saale:Seulbitz an der Sächsischen Saale	4.1 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Praha	Czech-republic	183 km	East
2 Berlin	Germany	282 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	379 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 415 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Saale, part of the larger catchment area Elbe. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Förmitztalsperre (1.1 km² at a height of around 528 meter above sea level) at a distance of 2.7 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Schneeberg with a height of 1051 meter (at a distance of 13.8 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 18.2 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 26 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 0%, low mountains: 97%, moderate high mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Münchberger Hochfläche

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Nuremberg Airport (at a distance of 94 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

27.6 km2

35.1%

Nature

0.6 km2

0.7%

Agriculture

47 km2

59.9%

Urban area

2.3 km2

Water - Lakes

1.1 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Benk in country Germany

Benk at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Margravial Opera House Bayreuth	Germany	33 km	SouthWest
2 Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region	Czechia,Germany	74 km	EastNorthEast
3 Town of Bamberg	Germany	77 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Naturwaldreservat Waldstein	DE	5.1 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Weißdorf

Type of weather in Weißdorf	clear sky
Current temperature:	-3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	995 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 45 minutes
Sunrise :	07:36 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:21 Europe/Amsterdam