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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 11.2682,Lat: 49.7374
Elevation	501 meter above sea level
Local time	8:02:18am
Name province/region	Bayern
Name Subregion	Oberfranken
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Forchheim
Name	Gößweinstein

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gößweinstein:Morschreuth	1.8 km	North
2 Egloffstein:Bieberbach	1.9 km	EastSouthEast
3 Pretzfeld:Oberzaunsbach	2.8 km	WestSouthWest
4 Gößweinstein:Hartenreuth	2.9 km	EastNorthEast
5 Pretzfeld:Unterzaunsbach	3.2 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Praha	Czech-republic	229 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	316 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Berlin	Germany	344 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 458 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Main, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Großer Bischofsweiher (0.6 km² at a height of around 280 meter above sea level) at a distance of 25.1 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the German-Czech border with a straight distance of 78.7 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 110 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 58%, low mountains: 42%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Nördliche Frankenalb

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Nuremberg Airport (at a distance of 30 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

36.4 km2

46.3%

Agriculture

40.9 km2

52%

Urban area

0.8 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wichsenstein in country Germany

Wichsenstein at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Margravial Opera House Bayreuth	Germany	32 km	NorthEast
2 Town of Bamberg	Germany	32 km	WestNorthWest
3 Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square	Germany	96 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Wiesent-Tal mit Seitentälern	DE	0.7 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Moggast

Type of weather in Moggast	light rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.77 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	98 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	05:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:39 Europe/Amsterdam