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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 11.0423,Lat: 50.1479
Elevation	272 meter above sea level
Local time	21:01:02pm
Name province/region	Bayern
Name Subregion	Oberfranken
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lichtenfels
Name	Lichtenfels

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lichtenfels:Schönsreuth	1.4 km	NorthWest
2 Lichtenfels	1.9 km	East
3 Lichtenfels:Weingarten	1.9 km	WestSouthWest
4 Lichtenfels:Reundorf	2.1 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Lichtenfels:Stetten	2.5 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Praha	Czech-republic	242 km	East
2 Berlin	Germany	311 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	353 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 410 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Main, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Mauthaustalsperre (1.5 km² at a height of around 446 meter above sea level) at a distance of 36.9 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 75.8 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 106 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 100%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Itz-Baunach-Hügelland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Nuremberg Airport (at a distance of 72 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

31.4 km2

39.9%

Agriculture

38.7 km2

49.2%

Urban area

7.7 km2

9.8%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Kösten in country Germany

Kösten at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Town of Bamberg	Germany	31 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Margravial Opera House Bayreuth	Germany	45 km	EastSouthEast
3 Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square	Germany	88 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Eierberge bei Banz und Teile des Banzer Waldes	DE	2.6 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lichtenfels

Type of weather in Lichtenfels	moderate rain
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	999 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 47 minutes
Sunrise :	05:49 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:36 Europe/Amsterdam