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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.7954,Lat: 47.5516
Elevation	433 meter above sea level
Local time	15:13:06pm
Name province/region	Zürich
Name Subregion	Winterthur
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Rickenbach (ZH)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Attikon	1.8 km	South
2 Dinhard	2 km	WestNorthWest
3 Gundetswil	2.5 km	EastSouthEast
4 Ellikon an der Thur	2.5 km	EastNorthEast
5 Altikon	2.6 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	71 km	SouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	122 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	302 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 347 km (direction South).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 Untersee (15.3 km² at a height of around 395 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.5 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Schaffhausen with a height of 403 meter (at a distance of 20.4 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 12.9 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 18 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 81%, low mountains: 19%, 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
Ackerbaugeprägte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines du Plateau suisse marqué par les grandes cultures

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 21 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.2 km2

16.8%

Agriculture

57.4 km2

73%

Viticulture

0.8 km2

Urban area

7.3 km2

9.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rickenbach (ZH) in country Switzerland

Rickenbach (ZH) at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	26 km	NorthEast
2 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	46 km	EastSouthEast
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	54 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Rickenbach

Type of weather in Rickenbach	light rain
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.27 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	961 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 21 May 2024:	15 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	05:40 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:02 Europe/Amsterdam