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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 11.7194,Lat: 50.6522
Elevation	459 meter above sea level
Local time	8:01:35am
Name province/region	Thüringen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Saale-Orla-Kreis
Name	Seenplatte
Name	Knau

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bucha	2.1 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Knau:Posen	2.2 km	WestSouthWest
3 Dreba	2.4 km	NorthEast
4 Schöndorf:Tausa	3.3 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Grobengereuth:Daumitsch	3.5 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Praha	Czech-republic	202 km	EastSouthEast
2 Berlin	Germany	239 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	417 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 361 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Saale, part of the larger catchment area Elbe. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Talsperre Hohenwarte I (8.7 km² at a height of around 303 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.3 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 45.8 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 64 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 90%, low mountains: 10%, 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 agriculture.

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

Name
Ostthüringer Schiefergebirge - Vogtland
Ostthüringer Schiefergebirge - Vogtland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Leipzig/Halle Airport (at a distance of 93 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

24 km2

30.5%

Nature

0.7 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

48.6 km2

61.9%

Urban area

1.6 km2

2.1%

Water - Lakes

3.6 km2

4.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Knau in country Germany

Knau at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau	Germany	45 km	NorthWest
2 Classical Weimar	Germany	45 km	NorthWest
3 Naumburg Cathedral	Germany	56 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Plothener Teiche	DE	1.1 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Knau

Type of weather in Knau	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.81 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	70 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	05:45 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:34 Europe/Amsterdam