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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.784,Lat: 47.1619
Elevation	898 meter above sea level
Local time	3:40:31am
Name province/region	Schwyz
Name Subregion	Einsiedeln
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Einsiedeln

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Birchli	3.7 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Feusisberg	3.9 km	NorthWest
3 Bennau	4.4 km	WestSouthWest
4 Pfäffikon	4.5 km	North
5 Einsiedeln	4.9 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	56 km	East
2 Bern	Switzerland	105 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	336 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 304 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Aare, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Sihlsee (10.2 km² at a height of around 888 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vierwaldstätter See with a height of 434 meter (at a distance of 24.3 km and direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 50.6 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 71 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 11%, low mountains: 18%, moderate high mountains: 72%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Stark geformte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines au relief prononcé

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 37 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

24 km2

30.5%

Wet nature

2.3 km2

2.9%

Agriculture

38 km2

48.4%

Urban area

6.5 km2

8.2%

Infrastructure

0.2 km2

0.2%

Water - Lakes

7.7 km2

9.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Egg in country Switzerland

Egg at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	45 km	SouthEast
2 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	46 km	WestNorthWest
3 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	54 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Altendorf

Type of weather in Altendorf	broken clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	15 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	05:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:55 Europe/Amsterdam