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General information - Location

Country	Austria
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 16.344,Lat: 47.7119
Elevation	395 meter above sea level
Local time	20:28:12pm
Name province/region	Burgenland
Name Subregion	Mattersburg
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Forchtenstein

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Wiesen	3 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Mattersburg	4.8 km	NorthEast
3 Marz	5.6 km	EastNorthEast
4 Rohrbach bei Mattersburg	6.1 km	East
5 Walbersdorf	6.5 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Wien	Austria	55 km	North
2 Bratislava - Staré Mesto	Slovakia	74 km	NorthEast
3 Budapest	Hungary	207 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 300 km (direction SouthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Raab, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake is Neufelder See (0.5 km² at a height of around 222 meter above sea level) at a distance of 17.6 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Hungarian-Austrian border with a straight distance of 7.8 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 10.9 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 57%, low mountains: 43%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Pannonische Flach- und Hügelländer

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Vienna International Airport (at a distance of 47 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

49.6 km2

63.1%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

21.4 km2

27.2%

Viticulture

1.7 km2

2.2%

Urban area

5.6 km2

7.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Forchtenstein in country Austria

Forchtenstein at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape	Austria,Hungary	28 km	East
2 Semmering Railway	Austria	39 km	WestSouthWest
3 Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn	Austria	53 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Mattersburger Hügelland	AT	0 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Wiesen

Type of weather in Wiesen	light rain
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.67 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 47 minutes
Sunrise :	05:27 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:14 Europe/Amsterdam