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General information - Location

Country	Austria
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.6362,Lat: 47.462
Elevation	405 meter above sea level
Local time	23:18:35pm
Name province/region	Vorarlberg
Name Subregion	Bregenz
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Höchst

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 St. Margrethen	0.9 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Gaißau	2.7 km	West
3 Fußach	2.7 km	NorthEast
4 Walzenhausen	2.8 km	WestSouthWest
5 Au (SG)	3.4 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	37 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Bern	Switzerland	176 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	353 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 310 km (direction SouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Upper - Ill, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Bodensee (30.9 km² at a height of around 395 meter above sea level) at a distance of 3 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is St. Gallen with a height of 670 meter (at a distance of 20 km and direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Swiss-Austrian border with a straight distance of 0.6 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 0.9 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the German Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 10.6 km (direction NorthNorthWest).
Elevation around place: hill: 84%, low mountains: 12%, moderate high mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Mittlere und westliche Nordalpen

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 82 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 6.2 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.6 km2

8.5%

Wet nature

5.2 km2

6.7%

Agriculture

31.4 km2

40.1%

Viticulture

0.1 km2

0.1%

Urban area

26.5 km2

33.8%

Water - Lakes

8.3 km2

10.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Höchst in country Austria

Höchst at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	20 km	WestSouthWest
2 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	51 km	WestNorthWest
3 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	67 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rheindelta	AT	2.3 km	North

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Höchst

Type of weather in Höchst	light rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	986 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	06:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:34 Europe/Amsterdam