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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 11.0582,Lat: 49.7202
Elevation	257 meter above sea level
Local time	0:44:44am
Name province/region	Bayern
Name Subregion	Oberfranken
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Forchheim
Name	Forchheim

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Forchheim:Buckenhofen	1.5 km	NorthWest
2 Forchheim:Sigritzau	2.9 km	SouthEast
3 Forchheim:Serlbach	3.2 km	EastNorthEast
4 Eggolsheim:Bammersdorf	3.7 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Hausen	3.9 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Praha	Czech-republic	245 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	308 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Berlin	Germany	352 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 453 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Main, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Großer Bischofsweiher (0.6 km² at a height of around 280 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 92.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 130 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 100%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Mittelfränkisches Becken

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Nuremberg Airport (at a distance of 25 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

27.1 km2

34.5%

Agriculture

37.7 km2

48%

Urban area

11.8 km2

15.1%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

0.6%

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 Town of Bamberg	Germany	23 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Margravial Opera House Bayreuth	Germany	45 km	NorthEast
3 Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square	Germany	81 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Regnitz- und Unteres Wiesenttal	DE	0.7 km	SouthSouthWest

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	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.47 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 60 minutes
Sunrise :	05:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:42 Europe/Amsterdam