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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.8539,Lat: 47.473
Elevation	649 meter above sea level
Local time	0:58:35am
Name province/region	Zürich
Name Subregion	Winterthur
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Hofstetten (ZH)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ob. Schlatt (ZH)	1.1 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Schlatt (ZH)	2 km	West
3 Elgg	2.3 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Waltenstein	2.7 km	WestNorthWest
5 Dickbuch	3 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	63 km	SouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	122 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	312 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 338 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 13.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Hörnli with a height of 1133 meter (at a distance of 13.2 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 19.7 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 28 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 2%, low mountains: 96%, moderate high mountains: 2%, 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
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 West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

33.8 km2

43.1%

Agriculture

38.1 km2

48.6%

Urban area

6.5 km2

8.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hofstetten (ZH) in country Switzerland

Hofstetten (ZH) at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	30 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	40 km	East
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	53 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Oberschlatt

Type of weather in Oberschlatt	few clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.51 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 10 May 2024:	14 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise :	05:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:48 Europe/Amsterdam