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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 10.7369,Lat: 47.5769
Elevation	788 meter above sea level
Local time	22:10:05pm
Name province/region	Bayern
Name Subregion	Schwaben
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ostallgäu
Name	Schwangau

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Schwangau:Horn	1.3 km	WestSouthWest
2 Schwangau:Alterschrofen	1.3 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Schwangau:Brunnen	2 km	North
4 Schwangau:Hohenschwangau	2.3 km	South
5 Füssen	3 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	104 km	WestSouthWest
2 Bern	Switzerland	259 km	WestSouthWest
3 Ljubljana	Slovenia	334 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 270 km (direction SouthSouthEast).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 (reservoir) is Forggensee (14.4 km² at a height of around 780 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.1 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Fernpaß with a height of 1216 meter (at a distance of 24.8 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Austrian border with a straight distance of 4 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 5.6 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 45%, moderate high mountains: 47%, high mountains: 8%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Lech-Vorberge

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Munich Airport (at a distance of 117 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Innsbruck Airport (at a distance of 58 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

28.3 km2

36%

Nature

4.1 km2

5.2%

Wet nature

1.6 km2

2.1%

Agriculture

25.5 km2

32.5%

Urban area

5.5 km2

6.9%

Rock-Sand

0.2 km2

0.2%

Water - Lakes

13.4 km2

17%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Schwangau in country Germany

Schwangau at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Pilgrimage Church of Wies	Germany	17 km	NorthEast
2 Water Management System of Augsburg	Germany	89 km	North
3 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	104 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Halbtrockenrasen am Forggensee	DE	0.5 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Waltenhofen

Type of weather in Waltenhofen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.31 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 21 May 2024:	15 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	05:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:54 Europe/Amsterdam