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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.2638,Lat: 47.2679
Elevation	648 meter above sea level
Local time	5:15:09am
Name province/region (Kanton)	Luzern
Wiki-website Subregion (Wahlkreis)	Hochdorf
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Schongau
Other place with same name 1	Schongau Bayern - Oberbayern

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rüediken	0.7 km	South
2 Oberschongau	1.1 km	EastNorthEast
3 Niederschongau	1.1 km	NorthWest
4 Aesch (LU)	2.2 km	SouthWest
5 Bettwil	2.5 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	72 km	WestSouthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	96 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	305 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 318 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 Hallwiler See (10.2 km² at a height of around 448 meter above sea level) at a distance of 2.3 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Zürich with a height of 408 meter (at a distance of 23.9 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 34 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 48 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 25%, low mountains: 69%, moderate high mountains: 7%, The hills are mainly western 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 30 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.8 km2

21.3%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

46 km2

58.6%

Urban area

8.5 km2

10.8%

Water - Lakes

6.9 km2

8.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Schongau in country Switzerland

Schongau 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	4.4 km	WestNorthWest
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	71 km	WestSouthWest
3 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	77 km	NorthEast

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Hämikon

Type of weather in Hämikon	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.15 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1027 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	8 hour and 29 minutes
Sunrise :	08:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:37 Europe/Amsterdam