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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.2541,Lat: 47.1929
Elevation	541 meter above sea level
Local time	19:19:21pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Luzern
Wiki-website Subregion (Wahlkreis)	Hochdorf
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Hitzkirch

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Herlisberg	1.9 km	WestNorthWest
2 Nunwil	2.1 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Ferren	2.5 km	East
4 Gelfingen	2.6 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Römerswil	2.6 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	67 km	WestSouthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	96 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	312 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 309 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 Baldegger See (5.3 km² at a height of around 462 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.2 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pilatus with a height of 2119 meter (at a distance of 23.7 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 42.4 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 59 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 29%, low mountains: 70%, moderate high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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
Tallandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de vallées du Plateau suisse

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 37 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.1 km2

12.8%

Nature

0.1 km2

0.1%

Agriculture

56.7 km2

72.2%

Urban area

6.6 km2

8.3%

Water - Lakes

5.2 km2

6.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Retschwil in country Switzerland

Retschwil 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	10 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	67 km	WestSouthWest
3 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	79 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Römerswil

Type of weather in Römerswil	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.43 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1023 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 24 November 2024:	8 hour and 60 minutes
Sunrise :	07:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:43 Europe/Amsterdam