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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 14.2821,Lat: 51.3547
Elevation	130 meter above sea level
Local time	21:32:22pm
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Sachsen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Bautzen
Name	Wittichenau
Other place with same name 1	Rachlau Sachsen -

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Wittichenau:Hoske	1.6 km	NorthWest
2 Lohsa:Groß Särchen	2.3 km	NorthEast
3 Wittichenau:Kotten	2.5 km	WestSouthWest
4 Königswartha:Commerau	2.6 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Königswartha:Wartha	3.1 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Praha	Czech-republic	142 km	South
2 Berlin	Germany	144 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Wien	Austria	381 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 250 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 is Knappensee (2.8 km² at a height of around 125 meter above sea level) at a distance of 2.2 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 33.4 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 47 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, 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
Oberlausitzer Heide- und Teichgebiet

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Berlin Brandenburg Airport (at a distance of 123 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Dresden Airport (at a distance of 43 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

22.2 km2

28.3%

Agriculture

43.9 km2

55.9%

Urban area

4 km2

5.1%

Water - Lakes

8.2 km2

10.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rachlau in country Germany

Rachlau at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski	Germany,Poland	40 km	NorthEast
2 Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg	Germany	126 km	WestNorthWest
3 Berlin Modernism Housing Estates	Germany	135 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Doberschützer Wasser	DE	0.1 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Groß Särchen

Type of weather in Groß Särchen	broken clouds
Current temperature:	-2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.64 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	994 mb
Humidity:	100 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	07:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:07 Europe/Amsterdam