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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 12.4682,Lat: 51.824
Elevation	63 meter above sea level
Local time	17:01:23pm
Name province/region	Sachsen-Anhalt
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Wittenberg
Name	Oranienbaum-Wörlitz

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oranienbaum-Wörlitz:Gohrau	1.6 km	EastSouthEast
2 Oranienbaum-Wörlitz:Rehsen	2.2 km	EastNorthEast
3 Oranienbaum-Wörlitz:Horstdorf	2.8 km	WestSouthWest
4 Oranienbaum-Wörlitz:Kakau	3.2 km	SouthWest
5 Oranienbaum-Wörlitz:Griesen	3.7 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Berlin	Germany	101 km	NorthEast
2 Praha	Czech-republic	237 km	SouthEast
3 København	Denmark	433 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 239 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Elbe main - Medium - Mulde, part of the larger catchment area Elbe. The nearest bigger lake is Gremminer See (3.6 km² at a distance of 6.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 144.8 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 203 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, 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.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Leipzig/Halle Airport (at a distance of 47 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18.1 km2

23%

Agriculture

54.5 km2

69.4%

Urban area

4.8 km2

6.2%

Water - Lakes

1.1 km2

1.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Riesigk in country Germany

Riesigk at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz	Germany	3.9 km	WestNorthWest
2 Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg	Germany	14 km	EastNorthEast
3 Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin	Germany	75 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Dessau-Wörlitzer Elbauen	DE	0 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Riesigk

Type of weather in Riesigk	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	52 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 46 minutes
Sunrise :	05:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:30 Europe/Amsterdam