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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 11.6658,Lat: 50.697
Elevation	333 meter above sea level
Local time	23:06:22pm
Name province/region	Thüringen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Saale-Orla-Kreis
Name	Oppurg
Name	Solkwitz

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oberoppurg	0.9 km	EastSouthEast
2 Nimritz	1.1 km	WestNorthWest
3 Oppurg	1.8 km	NorthWest
4 Döbritz	1.8 km	WestSouthWest
5 Gertewitz	2.5 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Praha	Czech-republic	207 km	EastSouthEast
2 Berlin	Germany	236 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	414 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 356 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 Hohenwarte I (8.7 km² at a height of around 303 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 52.1 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 73 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 1%, hill: 96%, low mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Orlasenke
Orlasenke

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Leipzig/Halle Airport (at a distance of 90 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.8 km2

17.6%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

57.6 km2

73.4%

Urban area

6.2 km2

7.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Solkwitz in country Germany

Solkwitz at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau	Germany	39 km	NorthWest
2 Classical Weimar	Germany	39 km	NorthWest
3 Naumburg Cathedral	Germany	52 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Zechsteinriffe in der Orlasenke und Döbritzer Schweiz	DE	1.4 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Solkwitz

Type of weather in Solkwitz	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.65 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	05:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:36 Europe/Amsterdam