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General 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	16:47:00pm
Name province/region	St. Gallen
Name Subregion	Rheintal
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Rheineck

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lutzenberg	0.7 km	SouthWest
2 Gaißau	0.9 km	EastNorthEast
3 Buriet	1.7 km	NorthWest
4 Walzenhausen	1.7 km	SouthEast
5 Thal	1.9 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	36 km	South
2 Bern	Switzerland	172 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	350 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The 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)

Name
Siedlungslandschaft -- Paysage périurbain

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

16.3%

Wet nature

4 km2

5.1%

Agriculture

30.1 km2

38.3%

Viticulture

0.3 km2

0.4%

Urban area

20.5 km2

26.1%

Infrastructure

0.7 km2

0.9%

Water - Lakes

9.9 km2

12.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rheineck in country Switzerland

Rheineck at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	17 km	WestSouthWest
2 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	48 km	NorthWest
3 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	66 km	SouthSouthWest

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Rheineck

Type of weather in Rheineck	broken clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	15 hour and 7 minutes
Sunrise :	05:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:51 Europe/Amsterdam