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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 12.1028,Lat: 50.1057
Elevation	551 meter above sea level
Local time	8:26:30am
Name province/region	Bayern
Name Subregion	Oberfranken
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Wunsiedel i. Fichtelgebirge
Name	Thiersheim
Name	Thierstein

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Höchstädt im Fichtelgebirge	1.2 km	WestSouthWest
2 Thiersheim:Neuenreuth	3 km	SouthEast
3 Höchstädt i. Fichtelgebirge:Rügersgrün	3.5 km	WestSouthWest
4 Thierstein:Schwarzenhammer	3.7 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Thiersheim	3.8 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Praha	Czech-republic	166 km	East
2 Berlin	Germany	284 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Wien	Austria	376 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 424 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Elbe main - Upper - Ohre, part of the larger catchment area Elbe. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is vodní nádrž Skalka (3.1 km² at a height of around 443 meter above sea level) at a distance of 10.7 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Schneeberg with a height of 1051 meter (at a distance of 18.8 km and direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 7 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 9.7 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 2%, low mountains: 98%, 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
Selb-Wunsiedler Hochfläche

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Nuremberg Airport (at a distance of 100 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

32.5 km2

41.3%

Agriculture

44.2 km2

56.2%

Urban area

1.6 km2

2.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Thierstein in country Germany

Thierstein at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Margravial Opera House Bayreuth	Germany	42 km	WestSouthWest
2 Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region	Czechia,Germany	62 km	NorthEast
3 Town of Bamberg	Germany	90 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Eger- und Röslautal	DE	2.5 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Thierstein
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Thierstein

Type of weather in Thierstein	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	73 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	15 hour and 29 minutes
Sunrise :	05:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:52 Europe/Amsterdam