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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 12.0384,Lat: 49.7562
Elevation	488 meter above sea level
Local time	3:02:04am
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Bayern
Wiki-website Subregion (Regierungsbezirk)	Oberpfalz
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Neustadt a.d. Waldnaab
Name	Neustadt a.d. Waldnaab
Name	Parkstein
Other place with same name 1	Schwand Sachsen -
Other place with same name 2	Schwand Bayern - Oberfranken
Other place with same name 3	Schwand Bayern - Oberpfalz
Other place with same name 4	Schwand Bayern - Schwaben

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pressath:Friedersreuth	2.6 km	North
2 Parkstein:Hammerles	2.7 km	South
3 Kirchendemenreuth:Altenparkstein	3.1 km	NorthEast
4 Parkstein	3.4 km	SouthEast
5 Kirchendemenreuth:Glasern	3.5 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Praha	Czech-republic	175 km	EastNorthEast
2 Berlin	Germany	322 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	345 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 453 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.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 is Großer Rußweiher (0.7 km² at a height of around 430 meter above sea level) at a distance of 17.1 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 26.1 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 37 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 55%, low mountains: 45%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Oberpfälzisches Hügelland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Nuremberg Airport (at a distance of 75 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

40.4 km2

51.4%

Agriculture

36.6 km2

46.6%

Urban area

1.3 km2

1.7%

Water - Lakes

0.2 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Schwand in country Germany

Schwand at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Margravial Opera House Bayreuth	Germany	39 km	WestNorthWest
2 Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof	Germany	82 km	South
3 Town of Bamberg	Germany	84 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Parkstein	DE	3.5 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Parkstein

Type of weather in Parkstein	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1026 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	8 hour and 7 minutes
Sunrise :	08:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:12 Europe/Amsterdam