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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 11.9243,Lat: 50.0901
Elevation	619 meter above sea level
Local time	17:47:57pm
Name province/region	Bayern
Name Subregion	Oberfranken
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Wunsiedel i. Fichtelgebirge
Name	Weißenstadt

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Weißenstadt:Grub	1.4 km	North
2 Weißenstadt:Birk	1.5 km	South
3 Röslau:Grün	2.9 km	EastSouthEast
4 Röslau:Dürnberg	3 km	EastNorthEast
5 Weißenstadt	3.1 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Praha	Czech-republic	178 km	East
2 Berlin	Germany	290 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	373 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 425 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Elbe main - Upper - Ohre, part of the larger catchment area Elbe. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Weißenstädter See (0.5 km² at a height of around 612 meter above sea level) at a distance of 3.3 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Schneeberg with a height of 1051 meter (at a distance of 6.6 km and direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 19.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 28 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 99%, moderate high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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
Selb-Wunsiedler Hochfläche

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Nuremberg Airport (at a distance of 90 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

32 km2

40.7%

Agriculture

43.9 km2

55.9%

Urban area

2.1 km2

2.7%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Franken in country Germany

Franken at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Margravial Opera House Bayreuth	Germany	30 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
Eger- und Röslautal	DE	0.2 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Grub

Type of weather in Grub	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	15 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	05:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:54 Europe/Amsterdam