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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 11.6242,Lat: 50.0127
Elevation	415 meter above sea level
Local time	1:16:43am
Name province/region	Bayern
Name Subregion	Oberfranken
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Bayreuth
Name	Bindlach

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bindlach:Deps	1.5 km	SouthEast
2 Bindlach:Bindlacher Berg	2.1 km	South
3 Bad Berneck i. Fichtelgebirge:Neudorf	2.1 km	NorthEast
4 Bindlach:Ramsenthal	2.5 km	WestSouthWest
5 Goldkronach:Kottersreuth	2.5 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Praha	Czech-republic	200 km	East
2 Berlin	Germany	306 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	355 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 432 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Main, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Weißenstädter See (0.5 km² at a height of around 612 meter above sea level) at a distance of 20 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Schneeberg with a height of 1051 meter (at a distance of 17 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 42.6 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 60 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 97%, low mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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
Obermainisches Hügelland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Nuremberg Airport (at a distance of 69 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.5 km2

12.1%

Nature

1.1 km2

1.3%

Agriculture

59.9 km2

76.3%

Urban area

6.2 km2

7.9%

Infrastructure

0.7 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Benk in country Germany

Benk at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Margravial Opera House Bayreuth	Germany	8.3 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Town of Bamberg	Germany	54 km	WestSouthWest
3 Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region	Czechia,Germany	97 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Muschelkalkhänge nordöstlich Bayreuth	DE	0.9 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Dressendorf

Type of weather in Dressendorf	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.86 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	05:52 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:28 Europe/Amsterdam