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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.781,Lat: 47.5734
Elevation	398 meter above sea level
Local time	19:12:32pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Zürich
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Winterthur
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Altikon

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Thalheim an der Thur	2.1 km	WestNorthWest
2 Dinhard	2.2 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Eschlikon (ZH)	2.2 km	WestSouthWest
4 Rickenbach (ZH)	2.6 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Dietingen	2.8 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	74 km	SouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	123 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	300 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 349 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Upper - Ill, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Untersee (15.3 km² at a height of around 395 meter above sea level) at a distance of 10.9 km in NorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Schaffhausen with a height of 403 meter (at a distance of 17.8 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 11.3 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 16 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 91%, low mountains: 9%, 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
Ackerbaugeprägte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines du Plateau suisse marqué par les grandes cultures

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 22 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.2 km2

20.6%

Agriculture

58.5 km2

74.5%

Viticulture

0.8 km2

Urban area

3.1 km2

3.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Altikon in country Switzerland

Altikon at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	25 km	EastNorthEast
2 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	48 km	EastSouthEast
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	54 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Eschlikon

Type of weather in Eschlikon	snow
Current temperature:	-0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.38 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	991 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 4 minutes
Sunrise :	07:39 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:42 Europe/Amsterdam