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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 12.5155,Lat: 49.5103
Elevation	707 meter above sea level
Local time	4:16:43am
Name province/region	Bayern
Name Subregion	Oberpfalz
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Schwandorf
Name	Schönsee
Name	Schönsee

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Schönsee:Laub	1.6 km	North
2 Oberviechtach:Mitterlangau	2.2 km	NorthWest
3 Schönsee	2.3 km	East
4 Schönsee:Rackenthal	2.7 km	SouthWest
5 Oberviechtach:Oberlangau	3.4 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Praha	Czech-republic	151 km	EastNorthEast
2 Wien	Austria	318 km	EastSouthEast
3 Berlin	Germany	341 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 419 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 (reservoir) is Silbersee (0.6 km² at a distance of 11.7 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Čerchov with a height of 1042 meter (at a distance of 23.9 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 6.2 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 8.6 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 98%, moderate high mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly western 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
Hinterer Oberpfälzer Wald

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Nuremberg Airport (at a distance of 104 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

43.8 km2

55.8%

Agriculture

33.7 km2

42.9%

Urban area

1 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Schwand in country Germany

Schwand at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof	Germany	62 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Margravial Opera House Bayreuth	Germany	83 km	NorthWest
3 Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region	Czechia,Germany	102 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Serpentinstandorte in der nördlichen Oberpfalz	DE	0.8 km	NorthNorthEast

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Schönsee

Type of weather in Schönsee	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.24 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1003 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 46 minutes
Sunrise :	05:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:29 Europe/Amsterdam