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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 12.6828,Lat: 49.328
Elevation	501 meter above sea level
Local time	3:02:08am
Name province/region	Bayern
Name Subregion	Oberpfalz
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Cham
Name	Waldmünchen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Waldmünchen:Katzbach	1.7 km	South
2 Waldmünchen:Sinzendorf	2 km	WestNorthWest
3 Waffenbrunn:Obernried	2.2 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Waldmünchen:Häuslarn	3.1 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Waldmünchen:Rannersdorf	3.3 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Praha	Czech-republic	151 km	NorthEast
2 Wien	Austria	298 km	EastSouthEast
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	338 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 397 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Danube main upper 2 - Naab, Regen, Isar, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Silbersee (0.6 km² at a distance of 10.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Čerchov with a height of 1042 meter (at a distance of 9.7 km and direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 7.3 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 10.3 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 29%, low mountains: 70%, moderate high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly western 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
Vorderer Oberpfälzer Wald

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Nuremberg Airport (at a distance of 118 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

37.1 km2

47.2%

Agriculture

40.2 km2

51.1%

Urban area

1.3 km2

1.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Geigant in country Germany

Geigant at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof	Germany	55 km	SouthWest
2 Margravial Opera House Bayreuth	Germany	105 km	NorthWest
3 Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region	Czechia,Germany	120 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Buchenwälder bei Althütte	DE	3 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Geigant

Type of weather in Geigant	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.96 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	14 hour and 29 minutes
Sunrise :	05:52 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:21 Europe/Amsterdam