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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.1442,Lat: 47.0364
Elevation	645 meter above sea level
Local time	9:38:53am
Name province/region	Luzern
Name Subregion	Entlebuch
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Werthenstein

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Holz	2.7 km	NorthEast
2 Malters	3.1 km	East
3 Sigigen	3.2 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Schwarzenberg	3.3 km	SouthEast
5 Werthenstein	3.7 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	54 km	West
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	105 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	323 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 293 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 Sempacher See (14.6 km² at a height of around 503 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9.5 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pilatus with a height of 2119 meter (at a distance of 10.6 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 57.9 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 81 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 3%, low mountains: 64%, moderate high mountains: 33%, 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
Tallandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de vallées du Plateau suisse

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 56 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

25.6 km2

32.7%

Nature

0.5 km2

0.7%

Agriculture

49.2 km2

62.7%

Urban area

3.1 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Schachen in country Switzerland

Schachen 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	27 km	North
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	54 km	West
3 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	60 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Werthenstein

Type of weather in Werthenstein	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	15 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	05:49 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:58 Europe/Amsterdam