RheineckGeneral information - Location
| Country | Switzerland | | Location in country | 
Northeast | | Location in Europe | Central Europe | | Coordinates (WGS84) | Long: 9.5899,Lat: 47.4638  |
| Elevation | 444 meter above sea level | | Local time | 21:58:44pm |
| Name province/region (Kanton) | St. Gallen | | Wiki-website Subregion (Wahlkreis) | Rheintal | | Name Sub(sub)region - municipality | Rheineck | | Other place with same name 1 | 
Rheineck
Rheinland-Pfalz - |
Nearest 5 places
Nearest 3 capitals
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Country |
Distance |
Direction |
| 1 Vaduz | 
Liechtenstein | 36 km | 
South
| | 2 Bern | Switzerland | 172 km | 
WestSouthWest
| | 3 Luxembourg | 
Luxembourg | 350 km | 
NorthWest
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Characteristics - Physical GeographyThe Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 312 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 2.8 km in Northern direction).
The nearest mountain is St. Gallen with a height of 670 meter (at a distance of 16.7 km and direction WestSouthWest).
The most nearby international border is the
Swiss-Austrian border with a straight distance of 0.3 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 0.4 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the German Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 9 km (direction NorthNorthWest).
Elevation around place: hill: 61%, low mountains: 28%, moderate high mountains: 11%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 79 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 3.2 km in NorthWestern direction).
Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)
| Forest |
12.8 km2 |
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| Wet nature |
4 km2 |
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| Agriculture |
30.1 km2 |
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| Viticulture |
0.3 km2 |
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| Urban area |
20.5 km2 |
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| Infrastructure |
0.7 km2 |
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| Water - Lakes |
9.9 km2 |
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Climate - Temperature and Precipitation
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Location of Rheineck in country Switzerland
Rheineck at Physical map (height map)
Tourist information - Travel Guide
Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Social media - Maps
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Hotels at Rheineck 
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