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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.9757,Lat: 47.637
Elevation	882 meter above sea level
Local time	8:50:27am
Name province/region	Baden-Württemberg
Name Subregion	Freiburg
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Waldshut
Name	Bad Säckingen
Name	Rickenbach

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rickenbach	1.9 km	South
2 Herrischried:Niedergebisbach	2 km	NorthEast
3 Herrischried:Atdorf	2.2 km	NorthWest
4 Rickenbach:Hütten	2.2 km	WestSouthWest
5 Rickenbach:Rüttehof	2.2 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	87 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	129 km	EastSouthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	258 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 361 km (direction South).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 (reservoir) is Klingnauer Stausee (1.2 km² at a distance of 19.3 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 8.3 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 11.6 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 5%, low mountains: 43%, moderate high mountains: 52%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Hochschwarzwald

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 34 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

42.9 km2

54.6%

Nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

30.7 km2

39.1%

Urban area

2.8 km2

3.6%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Altenschwand in country Germany

Altenschwand 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	44 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	82 km	East
3 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	86 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Murg zum Hochrhein	DE	0 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Rickenbach

Type of weather in Rickenbach	light rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 44 minutes
Sunrise :	06:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:46 Europe/Amsterdam