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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 11.0147,Lat: 50.4169
Elevation	494 meter above sea level
Local time	21:29:11pm
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Thüringen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Sonneberg
Name	Schalkau
Name	Schalkau

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Schalkau:Theuern	1.5 km	EastNorthEast
2 Schalkau:Mausendorf	2.3 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Frankenblick:Rauenstein	2.5 km	East
4 Schalkau	2.7 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Bachfeld	2.7 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Praha	Czech-republic	245 km	East
2 Berlin	Germany	287 km	NorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	362 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 382 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Main, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Talsperre Goldisthal (1.7 km² at a distance of 8.2 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 78.1 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 109 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 38%, low mountains: 57%, moderate high mountains: 5%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Schalkauer Thüringer-Wald-Vorland
Schalkauer Thüringer-Wald-Vorland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Nuremberg Airport (at a distance of 102 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

44.1 km2

56.2%

Agriculture

32.6 km2

41.5%

Urban area

1.8 km2

2.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Truckenthal in country Germany

Truckenthal at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Town of Bamberg	Germany	59 km	South
2 Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau	Germany	66 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Classical Weimar	Germany	66 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Höhlen bei Rauenstein und Meschenbach	DE	1.7 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Schalkau

Type of weather in Schalkau	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.07 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	995 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	07:40 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:23 Europe/Amsterdam