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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.6198,Lat: 47.2106
Elevation	682 meter above sea level
Local time	13:19:21pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Zürich
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Horgen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Hirzel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hirzel	1.1 km	WestNorthWest
2 Schönenberg (ZH)	2.7 km	SouthEast
3 Widenbach	3.1 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Herrlisberg	3.2 km	EastNorthEast
5 Sihlbrugg	3.3 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	69 km	East
2 Bern	Switzerland	94 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	325 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 309 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 Zürichsee (Lac de Zurich) (84.4 km² at a height of around 405 meter above sea level) at a distance of 4.5 km in NorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Zürich with a height of 408 meter (at a distance of 19.9 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 41.9 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 59 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 11%, low mountains: 86%, moderate high mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 28 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11 km2

14%

Wet nature

0.2 km2

0.2%

Agriculture

54.9 km2

69.9%

Urban area

8.9 km2

11.4%

Water - Lakes

2.1 km2

2.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Spitzen in country Switzerland

Spitzen 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	32 km	WestNorthWest
2 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	58 km	SouthEast
3 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	62 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Au

Type of weather in Au	broken clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.55 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 24 November 2024:	8 hour and 59 minutes
Sunrise :	07:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:42 Europe/Amsterdam