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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 13.2811,Lat: 50.7179
Elevation	556 meter above sea level
Local time	18:04:35pm
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Sachsen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Erzgebirgskreis
Name	Pockau-Lengefeld
Other place with same name 1	Forchheim Bayern - Oberfranken
Other place with same name 2	Forchheim Bayern - Oberpfalz
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 Pockau-Lengefeld:Wernsdorf	2.2 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Pfaffroda:Haselbach	2.4 km	NorthEast
3 Großhartmannsdorf:Niedersaida	3.8 km	North
4 Pfaffroda:Hallbach	3.9 km	SouthEast
5 Pockau-Lengefeld:Pockau	4.1 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Praha	Czech-republic	107 km	SouthEast
2 Berlin	Germany	201 km	North
3 Wien	Austria	358 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 332 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Poland.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Elbe main - Medium - Mulde, part of the larger catchment area Elbe. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Talsperre Saidenbach (2 km² at a height of around 438 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.9 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 9.8 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 13.8 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 36%, low mountains: 64%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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
Unteres Osterzgebirge

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Václav Havel Airport Prague (at a distance of 98 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Dresden Airport (at a distance of 58 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

22.8 km2

29.1%

Agriculture

48.8 km2

62.2%

Urban area

5.4 km2

6.9%

Water - Lakes

1.4 km2

1.7%

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 Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region	Czechia,Germany	47 km	SouthWest
2 Historic Centre of Prague	Czechia	107 km	SouthEast
3 Naumburg Cathedral	Germany	115 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Flöhatal	DE	2.1 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Pockau

Type of weather in Pockau	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	995 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 41 minutes
Sunrise :	07:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:13 Europe/Amsterdam