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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 11.7547,Lat: 49.9467
Elevation	583 meter above sea level
Local time	17:48:35pm
Name province/region	Bayern
Name Subregion	Oberfranken
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Bayreuth
Name	Weidenberg
Name	Weidenberg

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Weidenberg:Mengersreuth	1 km	WestSouthWest
2 Kirchenpingarten:Muckenreuth	1.9 km	EastSouthEast
3 Weidenberg:Heßlach	2.3 km	WestNorthWest
4 Weidenberg	2.4 km	WestSouthWest
5 Kirchenpingarten:Eckartsreuth	2.7 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Praha	Czech-republic	191 km	East
2 Berlin	Germany	309 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	353 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 440 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Main, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Weißenstädter See (0.5 km² at a height of around 612 meter above sea level) at a distance of 18.6 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Schneeberg with a height of 1051 meter (at a distance of 13.7 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 36.7 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 51 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 22%, low mountains: 71%, moderate high mountains: 7%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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
Hohes Fichtelgebirge

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Nuremberg Airport (at a distance of 70 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

38.7 km2

49.3%

Agriculture

37.1 km2

47.2%

Urban area

2.5 km2

3.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sophienthal in country Germany

Sophienthal at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Margravial Opera House Bayreuth	Germany	13 km	West
2 Town of Bamberg	Germany	62 km	West
3 Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region	Czechia,Germany	93 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Schneeberggebiet und Goldkronacher / Sophientaler Forst	DE	2.4 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Weidenberg

Type of weather in Weidenberg	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.08 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	05:40 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:38 Europe/Amsterdam