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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 12.6848,Lat: 50.5418
Elevation	555 meter above sea level
Local time	20:15:19pm
Name province/region	Sachsen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Erzgebirgskreis
Name	Zschorlau
Name	Bockau

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Zschorlau:Albernau	2.2 km	WestNorthWest
2 Zschorlau	3.9 km	NorthWest
3 Lauter-Bernsbach.:Lauter/Sachsen	4.2 km	EastNorthEast
4 Zschorlau:Burkhardtsgrün	4.5 km	West
5 Aue:Neudörfel	4.9 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Praha	Czech-republic	133 km	EastSouthEast
2 Berlin	Germany	226 km	North
3 Wien	Austria	373 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 364 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Poland.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Elbe main - Medium - Mulde, part of the larger catchment area Elbe. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Talsperre Eibenstock (3.9 km² at a height of around 538 meter above sea level) at a distance of 6.2 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Fichtelberg with a height of 1215 meter (at a distance of 22.9 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 12.5 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 18 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 17%, low mountains: 81%, moderate high mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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
Oberes Westerzgebirge

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Leipzig/Halle Airport (at a distance of 103 km and direction NorthNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Karlovy Vary International Airport (at a distance of 41 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

52 km2

66.2%

Agriculture

18.4 km2

23.4%

Urban area

8.2 km2

10.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Bockau in country Germany

Bockau at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region	Czechia,Germany	19 km	SouthEast
2 Naumburg Cathedral	Germany	92 km	NorthWest
3 Margravial Opera House Bayreuth	Germany	103 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Muldetal bei Aue	DE	1 km	North

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bockau

Type of weather in Bockau	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	15 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	05:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:38 Europe/Amsterdam