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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.7875,Lat: 47.2019
Elevation	415 meter above sea level
Local time	10:08:37am
Name province/region	Schwyz
Name Subregion	Höfe
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Freienbach

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hurden	1.9 km	NorthEast
2 Altendorf	3.4 km	EastSouthEast
3 Feusisberg	3.4 km	WestSouthWest
4 Rapperswil-Jona	3.5 km	NorthEast
5 Feldbach	4 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	56 km	East
2 Bern	Switzerland	106 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	333 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 308 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 Zürichsee (Lac de Zurich) (84.4 km² at a height of around 405 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.5 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Hörnli with a height of 1133 meter (at a distance of 22.1 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 46.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 65 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 64%, low mountains: 17%, moderate high mountains: 19%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 34 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.4 km2

14.5%

Wet nature

0.7 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

23.7 km2

30.2%

Viticulture

0.4 km2

0.5%

Urban area

13.4 km2

17%

Water - Lakes

29 km2

36.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Pfäffikon in country Switzerland

Pfäffikon 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	45 km	WestNorthWest
2 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	47 km	SouthEast
3 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	51 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Hurden

Type of weather in Hurden	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.81 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	15 hour and 10 minutes
Sunrise :	05:46 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:56 Europe/Amsterdam