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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.7028,Lat: 48.1619
Elevation	183 meter above sea level
Local time	14:55:46pm
Name province/region	Baden-Württemberg
Name Subregion	Freiburg
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Emmendingen
Name	Nördlicher Kaiserstuhl
Name	Forchheim

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Endingen am Kaiserstuhl	2.2 km	South
2 Riegel am Kaiserstuhl	3.6 km	EastSouthEast
3 Wyhl am Kaiserstuhl	4.1 km	West
4 Weisweil	4.3 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Endingen am Kaiserstuhl:Königschaffhausen	4.7 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	136 km	South
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	178 km	SouthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	198 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 422 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 is Baggersee Rhinau-Kappel (0.6 km² at a distance of 15 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-German border with a straight distance of 6 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 8.4 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 83%, hill: 17%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Offenburger Rheinebene

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 65 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.9 km2

12.6%

Nature

1.2 km2

1.5%

Agriculture

51.1 km2

65%

Viticulture

10.5 km2

13.4%

Urban area

5.3 km2

6.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Forchheim in country Germany

Forchheim at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Strasbourg, Grande-Île and Neustadt	France	47 km	North
2 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	105 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	114 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rheinniederung Sasbach - Wittenweier	DE	2.1 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Forchheim

Type of weather in Forchheim	light rain
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 47 minutes
Sunrise :	06:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:49 Europe/Amsterdam