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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.308,Lat: 47.0185
Elevation	454 meter above sea level
Local time	22:23:15pm
Name province/region	Luzern
Name Subregion	Luzern-Land
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Horw

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 St. Niklausen	2.4 km	East
2 Kriens	2.7 km	NorthWest
3 Luzern	3 km	North
4 Hergiswil (NW)	4.1 km	South
5 Seeburg	4.1 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	66 km	West
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	93 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	331 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 290 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 is Vierwaldstätter See (Lac des Quatre Cantons) (110 km² at a height of around 433 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.9 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pilatus with a height of 2119 meter (at a distance of 5.9 km and direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 61 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 85 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 54%, low mountains: 29%, moderate high mountains: 17%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is water.

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 52 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.2 km2

27%

Nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

12.3 km2

15.6%

Urban area

21.1 km2

26.8%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

21.8 km2

27.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Horw in country Switzerland

Horw at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	30 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	61 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	66 km	West

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Horw

Type of weather in Horw	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 14 May 2024:	15 hour and 2 minutes
Sunrise :	05:52 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:54 Europe/Amsterdam