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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 12.2898,Lat: 49.7921
Elevation	532 meter above sea level
Local time	17:28:58pm
Name province/region	Bayern
Name Subregion	Oberpfalz
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Tirschenreuth
Name	Plößberg

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Plößberg	1.7 km	EastSouthEast
2 Plößberg:Schönthan	2.3 km	North
3 Plößberg:Beidl	2.5 km	NorthWest
4 Plößberg:Wildenau	2.8 km	SouthWest
5 Plößberg:Schönficht	3.7 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Praha	Czech-republic	156 km	EastNorthEast
2 Berlin	Germany	314 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Wien	Austria	346 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 452 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Poland.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Danube main upper 2 - Naab, Regen, Isar, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Liebensteinspeicher (0.7 km² at a distance of 2.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 8.8 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 12.4 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 11%, low mountains: 89%, 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
Vorderer Oberpfälzer Wald

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Nuremberg Airport (at a distance of 93 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

29.3 km2

37.3%

Agriculture

47.9 km2

61%

Urban area

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Schönkirch in country Germany

Schönkirch at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Margravial Opera House Bayreuth	Germany	54 km	WestNorthWest
2 Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region	Czechia,Germany	79 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof	Germany	87 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bergwiesengebiet Altglashütte	DE	7 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Schleif

Type of weather in Schleif	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	23 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.36 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	43 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	15 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	05:25 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:49 Europe/Amsterdam