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General information - Location

Country	Czech Republic
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 14.7082,Lat: 48.8069
Elevation	509 meter above sea level
Local time	7:13:21am
Name province/region	Jihočeský
Name Subregion	České Budějovice
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Žár

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Buková	2.2 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Olešnice	3.8 km	North
3 Kamenná	4.1 km	SouthWest
4 Údolí	4.9 km	EastSouthEast
5 Čížkrajice	5.3 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Wien	Austria	140 km	EastSouthEast
2 Praha	Czech-republic	144 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Bratislava - Staré Mesto	Slovakia	190 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 345 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vltava, part of the larger catchment area Elbe. The nearest bigger lake is Žárský rybník (0.9 km² at a distance of 0.2 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Nebelstein with a height of 1017 meter (at a distance of 15.6 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Czech-Austrian border with a straight distance of 8 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 11.2 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 34%, low mountains: 66%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Václav Havel Airport Prague (at a distance of 148 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Linz-Hörsching Airport / Vogler Air Base (at a distance of 75 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

24.9 km2

31.7%

Agriculture

48.9 km2

62.3%

Urban area

1.5 km2

1.8%

Water - Lakes

3.3 km2

4.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Žár in country Czech-republic

Žár at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Český Krumlov	Czechia	29 km	West
2 Holašovice Historic Village	Czechia	37 km	WestNorthWest
3 Historic Centre of Telč	Czechia	69 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Stropnice	CZ	3.3 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Horní Stropnice

Type of weather in Horní Stropnice	light rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.92 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise :	05:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:24 Europe/Amsterdam