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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 11.1468,Lat: 47.6014
Elevation	679 meter above sea level
Local time	22:28:13pm
Name province/region	Bayern
Name Subregion	Oberbayern
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Name	Ohlstadt
Name	Schwaigen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Schwaigen:Vorderbraunau	1.2 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Eschenlohe	3 km	East
3 Oberau	4.4 km	South
4 Ettal	5.4 km	SouthWest
5 Schwaigen:Grafenaschau	5.5 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	133 km	WestSouthWest
2 Bern	Switzerland	290 km	WestSouthWest
3 Ljubljana	Slovenia	309 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 259 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Danube main upper 2 - Naab, Regen, Isar, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake is Staffelsee (8 km² at a height of around 648 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8.5 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is Zugspitze with a height of 2962 meter (at a distance of 23.5 km and direction SouthSouthWest).One of the mountains in Northern Limestone Alps, part of the mountain range Alps. The most nearby international border is the German-Austrian border with a straight distance of 19.1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 27 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 56%, moderate high mountains: 39%, high mountains: 5%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Ammergebirge

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Munich Airport (at a distance of 96 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Innsbruck Airport (at a distance of 41 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

46.8 km2

59.6%

Nature

1.2 km2

1.5%

Wet nature

14.8 km2

18.8%

Agriculture

13.5 km2

17.1%

Urban area

2 km2

2.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Plaicken in country Germany

Plaicken at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Pilgrimage Church of Wies	Germany	21 km	WestNorthWest
2 Water Management System of Augsburg	Germany	87 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Benedictine Convent of St John at Müstair	Switzerland	120 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Murnauer Moos	DE	0.8 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Schwaigen

Type of weather in Schwaigen	broken clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.93 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	14 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	06:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:22 Europe/Amsterdam