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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.8228,Lat: 47.369
Elevation	644 meter above sea level
Local time	2:52:11am
Name province/region (Kanton)	Zürich
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Pfäffikon
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Hittnau

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Dürstelen	1.7 km	East
2 Humbel	2.2 km	NorthWest
3 Auslikon	2.9 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Pfäffikon	2.9 km	West
5 Hermatswil	2.9 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	59 km	EastSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	115 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	319 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 327 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 3 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Hörnli with a height of 1133 meter (at a distance of 9 km and direction East). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 31.1 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 44 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 92%, moderate high mountains: 8%, The hills are mainly western 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
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 23 km and direction WestNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

24.4 km2

31.1%

Nature

0.8 km2

Wet nature

2.9 km2

3.7%

Agriculture

35.9 km2

45.8%

Urban area

10.8 km2

13.8%

Water - Lakes

3 km2

3.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hittnau in country Switzerland

Hittnau at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	41 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	42 km	East
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	48 km	West

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Hittnau

Type of weather in Hittnau	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.51 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1027 mb
Humidity:	100 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	8 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	08:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:35 Europe/Amsterdam