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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 14.0819,Lat: 50.9582
Elevation	180 meter above sea level
Local time	3:22:18am
Name province/region	Sachsen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
Name	Königstein/Sächs. Schw.
Name	Rathen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Struppen:Weißig	1.5 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Bad Schandau:Waltersdorf/Sächsische Schweiz	2.1 km	EastSouthEast
3 Hohnstein:Rathewalde	2.8 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Hohnstein	3.1 km	NorthEast
5 Stadt Wehlen:Pötzscha	3.3 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Praha	Czech-republic	100 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Berlin	Germany	181 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Wien	Austria	348 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 295 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 17 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Valtenberg with a height of 586 meter (at a distance of 18.9 km and direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 12.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 18 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 21%, hill: 79%, The hills are mainly southern 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
Sächsische Schweiz

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Václav Havel Airport Prague (at a distance of 96 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Dresden Airport (at a distance of 29 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

43 km2

54.8%

Agriculture

30.5 km2

38.8%

Urban area

3.4 km2

4.3%

Water - Lakes

1.6 km2

2.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rathen in country Germany

Rathen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski	Germany,Poland	82 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Historic Centre of Prague	Czechia	100 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region	Czechia,Germany	107 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Elbtal zwischen Schöna und Mühlberg	DE	0.1 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge

Type of weather in Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.76 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	15 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	05:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:34 Europe/Amsterdam