Hotels at Bänikon booking.com

Bänikon

Booking.com

Bänikon

General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.0423,Lat: 47.5555
Elevation	535 meter above sea level
Local time	9:37:57am
Name province/region	Thurgau
Name Subregion	Weinfelden
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Amlikon-Bissegg

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bissegg	0.7 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Fimmelsberg	1.3 km	NorthWest
3 Oppikon	1.5 km	EastSouthEast
4 Strohwilen	2.1 km	West
5 Amlikon	2.1 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	59 km	SouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	139 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	314 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 348 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 12.8 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Untersee with a height of 396 meter (at a distance of 14.2 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 13.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 19 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 48%, low mountains: 52%, 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 39 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.7 km2

18.8%

Agriculture

57.5 km2

73.3%

Viticulture

0.5 km2

0.6%

Urban area

5.8 km2

7.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Bänikon in country Switzerland

Bänikon at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	16 km	North
2 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	29 km	EastSouthEast
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	70 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Bänikon
	Video's op Vimeo
	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Bänikon
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Amlikon-Bissegg

Type of weather in Amlikon-Bissegg	clear sky
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	65 %
Daylength at 14 May 2024:	15 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	05:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:52 Europe/Amsterdam