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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 10.7407,Lat: 47.5566
Elevation	804 meter above sea level
Local time	19:44:16pm
Name province/region	Bayern
Name Subregion	Schwaben
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ostallgäu
Name	Schwangau

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Schwangau:Alterschrofen	1.4 km	NorthWest
2 Schwangau	2.3 km	North
3 Schwangau:Horn	2.3 km	NorthWest
4 Füssen	3.3 km	WestNorthWest
5 Schwangau:Brunnen	4.2 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	103 km	WestSouthWest
2 Bern	Switzerland	259 km	WestSouthWest
3 Ljubljana	Slovenia	333 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 268 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Danube main upper 1 - Altmuhl, Lech, Iller, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake is Alpsee (0.8 km² at a height of around 813 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.6 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Fernpaß with a height of 1216 meter (at a distance of 22.6 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Austrian border with a straight distance of 2 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2.8 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 26%, moderate high mountains: 56%, high mountains: 18%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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
Ammergebirge

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Munich Airport (at a distance of 118 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Innsbruck Airport (at a distance of 56 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

41.8 km2

53.1%

Nature

7.9 km2

10.1%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

17.5 km2

22.3%

Urban area

5.2 km2

6.7%

Rock-Sand

0.4 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

5.5 km2

7.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hohenschwangau in country Germany

Hohenschwangau at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Pilgrimage Church of Wies	Germany	18 km	NorthEast
2 Water Management System of Augsburg	Germany	91 km	North
3 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	104 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Falkenstein, Alatsee, Faulenbacher- und Lechtal	DE	0 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Schwangau

Type of weather in Schwangau	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	21 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.84 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	14 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	06:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:27 Europe/Amsterdam