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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 11.3359,Lat: 49.1603
Elevation	404 meter above sea level
Local time	17:11:19pm
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Bayern
Wiki-website Subregion (Regierungsbezirk)	Oberpfalz
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Neumarkt i.d. OPf.
Name	Freystadt
Other place with same name 1	Forchheim Sachsen -
Other place with same name 2	Forchheim Bayern - Oberfranken
Other place with same name 3	Forchheim Bayern - Oberbayern
Other place with same name 4	Forchheim Baden-Württemberg - Freiburg

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Freystadt:Sulzkirchen	1.8 km	EastNorthEast
2 Freystadt:Höfen	2.6 km	South
3 Freystadt:Großberghausen	2.9 km	EastSouthEast
4 Freystadt:Oberndorf	3.1 km	NorthEast
5 Hilpoltstein:Karm	3.3 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Praha	Czech-republic	245 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	262 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Bern	Switzerland	380 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 407 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Danube main upper 1 - Altmuhl, Lech, Iller, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Rothsee (2.1 km² at a height of around 373 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.4 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 100.3 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 140 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 93%, low mountains: 7%, The hills are mainly northern 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
Mittelfränkisches Becken

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Nuremberg Airport (at a distance of 42 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.5 km2

13.3%

Agriculture

64.8 km2

82.5%

Urban area

3 km2

3.8%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Forchheim in country Germany

Forchheim at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof	Germany	58 km	EastSouthEast
2 Town of Bamberg	Germany	88 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Margravial Opera House Bayreuth	Germany	89 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Schwarzach vom Main-Donau-Kanal bis Obermässing	DE	0.4 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Obernricht

Type of weather in Obernricht	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.76 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	996 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	07:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:27 Europe/Amsterdam