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Königstein/Sächsische Schweiz

General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 14.0737,Lat: 50.9171
Elevation	168 meter above sea level
Local time	3:22:29am
Name province/region	Sachsen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
Name	Königstein/Sächs. Schw.
Name	Königstein/Sächs. Schw.

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Königstein/Sächs. Schw.:Pfaffendorf	1 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Gohrisch	2.6 km	EastSouthEast
3 Struppen:Thürmsdorf	2.6 km	NorthWest
4 Bad Schandau:Prossen	3.2 km	EastNorthEast
5 Struppen:Weißig	3.3 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Praha	Czech-republic	96 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Berlin	Germany	185 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Wien	Austria	344 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 300 km (direction North).The coastline is located in another country namely Poland.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Elbe main - Medium - Mulde, part of the larger catchment area Elbe. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Talsperre Gottleuba (1 km² at a height of around 426 meter above sea level) at a distance of 13.2 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Valtenberg with a height of 586 meter (at a distance of 22.6 km and direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 9.8 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 13.8 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 18%, hill: 82%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Sächsische Schweiz

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Václav Havel Airport Prague (at a distance of 92 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Dresden Airport (at a distance of 32 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

43.4 km2

55.2%

Agriculture

27.8 km2

35.4%

Urban area

5.9 km2

7.5%

Water - Lakes

1.5 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Königstein/Sächsische Schweiz in country Germany

Königstein/Sächsische Schweiz at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski	Germany,Poland	87 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Historic Centre of Prague	Czechia	95 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region	Czechia,Germany	104 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bielatal	DE	0.1 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Königstein

Type of weather in Königstein	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.27 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	74 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	05:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:29 Europe/Amsterdam