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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 11.372,Lat: 50.0091
Elevation	399 meter above sea level
Local time	12:47:53pm
Name province/region	Bayern
Name Subregion	Oberfranken
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Kulmbach
Name	Thurnau

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Thurnau:Berndorf	1 km	NorthEast
2 Thurnau:Leesau	1.9 km	WestSouthWest
3 Thurnau	2.4 km	NorthEast
4 Thurnau:Limmersdorf	2.6 km	East
5 Kasendorf:Welschenkahl	3.2 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Praha	Czech-republic	218 km	East
2 Berlin	Germany	313 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	347 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 432 km (direction North).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 35.9 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 58.1 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 81 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 68%, low mountains: 32%, The hills are mainly northern 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
Nördliche Frankenalb

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Nuremberg Airport (at a distance of 61 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

24.6 km2

31.3%

Agriculture

51.2 km2

65.3%

Urban area

1.9 km2

2.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Menchau in country Germany

Menchau at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Margravial Opera House Bayreuth	Germany	16 km	EastSouthEast
2 Town of Bamberg	Germany	37 km	WestSouthWest
3 Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square	Germany	106 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Albtraufhänge zwischen Görau und Thurnau	DE	0.4 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Thurnau

Type of weather in Thurnau	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.1 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	05:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:38 Europe/Amsterdam