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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 13.8229,Lat: 50.7837
Elevation	545 meter above sea level
Local time	2:45:29am
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Sachsen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
Name	Altenberg
Name	Altenberg
Other place with same name 1	Lauenstein Niedersachsen -
Other place with same name 2	Lauenstein Bayern - Oberfranken

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Altenberg:Liebenau	1.8 km	NorthEast
2 Altenberg:Löwenhain	2.7 km	South
3 Altenberg:Bärenstein	2.8 km	NorthWest
4 Altenberg:Geising	3.6 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Glashütte:Börnchen bei Lauenstein	3.8 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Praha	Czech-republic	89 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Berlin	Germany	196 km	North
3 Wien	Austria	341 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 317 km (direction North).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 Großer Galgenteich (0.5 km² at a distance of 5.9 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 4.8 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 6.7 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 9%, low mountains: 91%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 82 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Dresden Airport (at a distance of 39 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.5 km2

26%

Nature

1.9 km2

2.4%

Agriculture

51.7 km2

65.8%

Urban area

4.6 km2

5.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lauenstein in country Germany

Lauenstein at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region	Czechia,Germany	81 km	SouthWest
2 Historic Centre of Prague	Czechia	88 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski	Germany,Poland	109 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Müglitztal	DE	0.1 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bärenstein

Type of weather in Bärenstein	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.81 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	08:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:00 Europe/Amsterdam