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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 11.8079,Lat: 50.0595
Elevation	714 meter above sea level
Local time	21:15:06pm
Name province/region	Bayern
Name Subregion	Oberfranken
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Bayreuth
Name	Bischofsgrün

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bischofsgrün	1.1 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Gefrees:Kornbach	4.2 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Bischofsgrün:Wülfersreuth	4.3 km	West
4 Weißenstadt:Weißenhaid	4.7 km	NorthEast
5 Weißenstadt:Voitsumra	4.7 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Praha	Czech-republic	187 km	East
2 Berlin	Germany	296 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	366 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 427 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 6.1 km in NorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Schneeberg with a height of 1051 meter (at a distance of 3.4 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 28.6 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 40 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 73%, moderate high mountains: 27%, The hills are mainly northern 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
Hohes Fichtelgebirge

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Nuremberg Airport (at a distance of 82 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

65.3 km2

83.1%

Agriculture

12.5 km2

15.9%

Urban area

0.8 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Birnstengel in country Germany

Birnstengel at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Margravial Opera House Bayreuth	Germany	21 km	SouthWest
2 Town of Bamberg	Germany	69 km	WestSouthWest
3 Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region	Czechia,Germany	83 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Schneeberggebiet und Goldkronacher / Sophientaler Forst	DE	1.4 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bischofsgrün

Type of weather in Bischofsgrün	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.61 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	05:41 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:37 Europe/Amsterdam