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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 11.0207,Lat: 51.5595
Elevation	436 meter above sea level
Local time	3:38:30am
Name province/region	Sachsen-Anhalt
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Mansfeld-Südharz
Name	Südharz

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Südharz:Dietersdorf	3.8 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Südharz:Hayn (Harz)	4 km	EastNorthEast
3 Südharz:Stolberg (Harz)	4.8 km	WestNorthWest
4 Sangerhausen:Wolfsberg	5.4 km	East
5 Harzgerode:Straßberg	6.4 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Berlin	Germany	195 km	NorthEast
2 Praha	Czech-republic	290 km	EastSouthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	409 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 262 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Saale, part of the larger catchment area Elbe. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Talsperre Kelbra (6 km² at a height of around 154 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.6 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Poppenberg with a height of 601 meter (at a distance of 13.7 km and direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 157.3 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 220 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 97%, low mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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
Harz

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Leipzig/Halle Airport (at a distance of 86 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Erfurt Airport (at a distance of 65 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

54.4 km2

69.3%

Agriculture

22.6 km2

28.8%

Urban area

1.5 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Schwenda in country Germany

Schwenda at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Collegiate Church, Castle and Old Town of Quedlinburg	Germany	26 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System	Germany	55 km	WestNorthWest
3 Classical Weimar	Germany	68 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Buchenwälder um Stolberg	DE	0.6 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Stolberg

Type of weather in Stolberg	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.1 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	14 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	05:46 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:38 Europe/Amsterdam