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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.1026,Lat: 47.0531
Elevation	654 meter above sea level
Local time	2:58:20am
Name province/region (Kanton)	Luzern
Wiki-website Subregion (Wahlkreis)	Entlebuch
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Werthenstein

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Wolhusen	2.4 km	WestNorthWest
2 Sigigen	2.6 km	EastNorthEast
3 Schachen	3.7 km	EastSouthEast
4 Ruswil	3.9 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Ebnet	4 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	51 km	WestSouthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	108 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	320 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 296 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 9.2 km in NorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Napf with a height of 1408 meter (at a distance of 13.5 km and direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 55.6 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 78 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 83%, moderate high mountains: 17%, 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
Stark geformte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines au relief prononcé

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

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.8 km2

26.5%

Agriculture

54 km2

68.8%

Urban area

3.4 km2

4.4%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Werthenstein in country Switzerland

Werthenstein 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	26 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	51 km	WestSouthWest
3 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	62 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:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1027 mb
Humidity:	100 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	8 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :	08:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:39 Europe/Amsterdam