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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.5831,Lat: 47.4412
Elevation	832 meter above sea level
Local time	18:31:30pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Wiki-website Subregion (Wahlkreis)	Vorderland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Walzenhausen
Other place with same name 1	Lachen Bayern - Schwaben
Other place with same name 2	Lachen Schwyz - March

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Walzenhausen	1.9 km	NorthEast
2 Lutzenberg	2 km	North
3 Schachen	2.4 km	SouthWest
4 Reute (AR)	2.5 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Rheineck	2.6 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	34 km	South
2 Bern	Switzerland	171 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	351 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 311 km (direction SouthEast).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 Bodensee (30.9 km² at a height of around 395 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5.3 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is St. Gallen with a height of 670 meter (at a distance of 15.7 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the Swiss-Austrian border with a straight distance of 2.6 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 3.6 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the German Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 11.3 km (direction North).
Elevation around place: hill: 40%, low mountains: 35%, moderate high mountains: 24%, 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 78 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 5.1 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.5 km2

26.1%

Wet nature

0.1 km2

0.1%

Agriculture

33.7 km2

42.9%

Viticulture

0.3 km2

0.4%

Urban area

23.5 km2

29.9%

Infrastructure

0.1 km2

0.2%

Water - Lakes

0.2 km2

0.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lachen in country Switzerland

Lachen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	16 km	West
2 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	49 km	NorthWest
3 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	64 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Walzenhausen

Type of weather in Walzenhausen	snow
Current temperature:	-3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 4 minutes
Sunrise :	07:35 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:40 Europe/Amsterdam