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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 12.424,Lat: 50.8701
Elevation	228 meter above sea level
Local time	20:22:40pm
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Thüringen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Altenburger Land
Name	Gößnitz
Name	Ponitz
Other place with same name 1	Merlach Bayern - Oberfranken

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ponitz:Zschöpel	0.8 km	SouthWest
2 Ponitz	1.5 km	South
3 Gößnitz:Nörditz	1.7 km	NorthWest
4 Gößnitz	2.2 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Meerane:Crotenlaide	2.2 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Praha	Czech-republic	166 km	EastSouthEast
2 Berlin	Germany	196 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Wien	Austria	411 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 337 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Poland.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Saale, part of the larger catchment area Elbe. The nearest bigger lake is Industrieabsetzanlage Helmsdorf (0.7 km² at a distance of 12.5 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 52.4 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 73 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 0%, hill: 100%, 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
Altenburger Lößgebiet
Altenburger Lößgebiet

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Leipzig/Halle Airport (at a distance of 63 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.9 km2

1.1%

Agriculture

67.6 km2

86.1%

Urban area

10.1 km2

12.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Merlach in country Germany

Merlach at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Naumburg Cathedral	Germany	54 km	NorthWest
2 Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region	Czechia,Germany	59 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau	Germany	78 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bachtäler im Oberen Pleißeland	DE	4.3 km	SouthSouthWest

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Dreußen

Type of weather in Dreußen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 3 December 2024:	8 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	07:54 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:06 Europe/Amsterdam