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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 13.3046,Lat: 51.3025
Elevation	97 meter above sea level
Local time	16:37:44pm
Name province/region	Sachsen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Meißen
Name	Riesa

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Riesa:Mergendorf	1.9 km	SouthEast
2 Zeithain:Röderau	2.3 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Zeithain:Bobersen	2.4 km	North
4 Riesa:Nickritz	3 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Riesa:Oelsitz	3.2 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Berlin	Germany	136 km	North
2 Praha	Czech-republic	157 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Wien	Austria	409 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 269 km (direction NorthNorthEast).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 is Großer Teich (0.6 km² at a distance of 12.5 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Collmberg with a height of 313 meter (at a distance of 20.5 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 67.7 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 95 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Nordsächsisches Platten- und Hügelland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Leipzig/Halle Airport (at a distance of 76 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Dresden Airport (at a distance of 37 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

57.4 km2

73.1%

Urban area

16.3 km2

20.8%

Infrastructure

1.2 km2

1.5%

Water - Lakes

1.6 km2

2.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Riesa in country Germany

Riesa at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg	Germany	77 km	NorthWest
2 Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz	Germany	86 km	NorthWest
3 Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski	Germany,Poland	104 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Elbtal zwischen Schöna und Mühlberg	DE	0.4 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Riesa
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Riesa

Type of weather in Riesa	light rain
Current temperature:	24 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.41 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	67 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	05:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:25 Europe/Amsterdam