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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.5309,Lat: 47.3418
Elevation	512 meter above sea level
Local time	10:32:10am
Name province/region	St. Gallen
Name Subregion	Rheintal
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Eichberg

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Eichberg	0.6 km	NorthWest
2 Hard	1.1 km	SouthWest
3 Hölzlisberg	1.3 km	WestNorthWest
4 Brand	1.8 km	North
5 Kobelwald	2.8 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	22 km	South
2 Bern	Switzerland	164 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	356 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 306 km (direction SouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Upper - Ill, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Bodensee (Lac de Constance) (156.6 km² at a height of around 395 meter above sea level) at a distance of 15.4 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is St. Gallen with a height of 670 meter (at a distance of 14.7 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Swiss-Austrian border with a straight distance of 4.9 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 6.9 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Liechtensteiner Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 7.9 km (direction South).
Elevation around place: hill: 45%, low mountains: 24%, moderate high mountains: 30%, high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly eastern 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
Landwirtschaftlich geprägte Ebenen des Mittellandes -- Paysage de plaines du Plateau suisse marqué par l'agriculture

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 75 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 16 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

27.9 km2

35.5%

Nature

1.7 km2

2.1%

Agriculture

40.4 km2

51.4%

Urban area

8.4 km2

10.7%

Water - Lakes

0.2 km2

0.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Au in country Switzerland

Au at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	15 km	NorthWest
2 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	52 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	53 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Eichberg

Type of weather in Eichberg	clear sky
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	65 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	14 hour and 25 minutes
Sunrise :	06:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:31 Europe/Amsterdam