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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.8019,Lat: 47.5052
Elevation	508 meter above sea level
Local time	15:09:17pm
Name province/region	Zürich
Name Subregion	Winterthur
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Elsau

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Wiesendangen	2.1 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Dickbuch	2.4 km	EastSouthEast
3 Bertschikon	2.6 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Zünikon	2.8 km	EastNorthEast
5 Waltenstein	3.2 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	68 km	SouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	120 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	306 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 342 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 Pfäffiker See (3.1 km² at a height of around 536 meter above sea level) at a distance of 15.8 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Hörnli with a height of 1133 meter (at a distance of 18.3 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 17.3 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 24 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 39%, low mountains: 61%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Siedlungslandschaft -- Paysage périurbain

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 20 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

23 km2

29.3%

Nature

0.2 km2

0.2%

Agriculture

40.6 km2

51.7%

Urban area

14.8 km2

18.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Elsau in country Switzerland

Elsau at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	29 km	NorthEast
2 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	44 km	EastSouthEast
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	51 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Elsau-Räterschen

Type of weather in Elsau-Räterschen	few clouds
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	44 %
Daylength at 18 May 2024:	15 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	05:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:58 Europe/Amsterdam