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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 10.2598,Lat: 47.3694
Elevation	1120 meter above sea level
Local time	18:05:38pm
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Bayern
Wiki-website Subregion (Regierungsbezirk)	Schwaben
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Oberallgäu
Name	Oberstdorf
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 - Oberpfalz - Schwandorf

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oberstdorf:Faistenoy	1.8 km	South
2 Oberstdorf:Dietersberg	3.2 km	EastNorthEast
3 Oberstdorf:Gerstruben	3.9 km	East
4 Oberstdorf:Birgsau	4 km	South
5 Oberstdorf:Kornau	4.1 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	61 km	WestSouthWest
2 Bern	Switzerland	219 km	West
3 Ljubljana	Slovenia	356 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 271 km (direction SouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Danube main upper 1 - Altmuhl, Lech, Iller, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake is Vilsalpsee (0.4 km² at a height of around 1164 meter above sea level) at a distance of 20.5 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Mädelegabel with a height of 2645 meter (at a distance of 8.2 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Austrian border with a straight distance of 1.8 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2.5 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 1%, moderate high mountains: 71%, high mountains: 28%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Allgäuer Hochalpen

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 130 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 54 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

34.2 km2

43.5%

Nature

27.5 km2

35%

Agriculture

14.2 km2

18%

Urban area

2.1 km2

2.7%

Rock-Sand

0.6 km2

0.7%

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 Pilgrimage Church of Wies	Germany	59 km	NorthEast
2 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	67 km	West
3 Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair	Switzerland	83 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Allgäuer Hochalpen	DE	0.6 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Oberstdorf

Type of weather in Oberstdorf	snow
Current temperature:	-4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	993 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	07:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:37 Europe/Amsterdam