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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 12.9893,Lat: 47.5904
Elevation	625 meter above sea level
Local time	2:43:41am
Name province/region	Bayern
Name Subregion	Oberbayern
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Berchtesgadener Land
Name	Schönau a. Königssee

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Schönau a. Königssee:Dörfl	0.4 km	EastNorthEast
2 Schönau am Königssee	1.4 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Schönau a. Königssee:Faselsberg	1.5 km	NorthEast
4 Schönau a. Königssee:Oberschönau	2.8 km	NorthWest
5 Bischofswiesen:Engedey	3.9 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Ljubljana	Slovenia	206 km	SouthEast
2 Wien	Austria	262 km	EastNorthEast
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	267 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 203 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Inn, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake is Königssee (5.4 km² at a height of around 602 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Watzmann with a height of 2713 meter (at a distance of 6.5 km and direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the German-Austrian border with a straight distance of 4.2 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 5.8 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 37%, moderate high mountains: 39%, high mountains: 24%, 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
Berchtesgadener Alpen

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Munich Airport (at a distance of 124 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Salzburg Airport (at a distance of 23 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

47.9 km2

60.9%

Nature

10.5 km2

13.4%

Agriculture

10.6 km2

13.4%

Urban area

3.7 km2

4.7%

Rock-Sand

2.3 km2

Water - Lakes

3.6 km2

4.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Königssee in country Germany

Königssee at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg	Austria	24 km	North
2 Hallstatt-Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape	Austria	50 km	East
3 The Dolomites	Italy	125 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Nationalpark Berchtesgaden	DE	0.6 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Schönau am Königsee

Type of weather in Schönau am Königsee	light rain
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.65 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	98 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	05:45 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:23 Europe/Amsterdam