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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.4829,Lat: 47.227
Elevation	507 meter above sea level
Local time	20:21:27pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Zürich
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Affoltern
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Mettmenstetten
Other place with same name 1	Rossau Sachsen -

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Uerzlikon	1.2 km	EastSouthEast
2 Knonau	1.6 km	West
3 Rifferswil	2 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Mettmenstetten	2.4 km	NorthWest
5 Niederwil	3 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	79 km	East
2 Bern	Switzerland	85 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	317 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 311 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 Zuger See (Lac de Zoug) (36.1 km² at a height of around 412 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Zürich with a height of 408 meter (at a distance of 17.4 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 37.9 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 53 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 55%, low mountains: 45%, moderate high mountains: 0%, 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
Futterbaugeprägte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines du Plateau suisse marqué par les cultures fourragè

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 26 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.3 km2

17%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

53.7 km2

68.4%

Urban area

10.5 km2

13.4%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rossau in country Switzerland

Rossau 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	22 km	WestNorthWest
2 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	68 km	EastSouthEast
3 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	68 km	NorthEast

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Knonau

Type of weather in Knonau	snow
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.43 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	990 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	07:39 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:45 Europe/Amsterdam