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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.9242,Lat: 47.4483
Elevation	627 meter above sea level
Local time	0:15:07am
Name province/region	Thurgau
Name Subregion	Münchwilen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Bichelsee-Balterswil

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ifwil	2.3 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Seelmatten	2.4 km	WestNorthWest
3 Neubrunn	2.5 km	WestSouthWest
4 Eschlikon	3.1 km	EastNorthEast
5 Oberhofen	3.7 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	57 km	SouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	125 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	317 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 336 km (direction South).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 Pfäffiker See (3.1 km² at a height of around 536 meter above sea level) at a distance of 14.3 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Hörnli with a height of 1133 meter (at a distance of 8.7 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 22.3 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 31 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 0%, low mountains: 94%, moderate high mountains: 6%, The hills are mainly northern 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
Berglandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage montagnard du Plateau suisse

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 28 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

32.4 km2

41.3%

Agriculture

40.2 km2

51.1%

Urban area

5.9 km2

7.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Bichelsee in country Switzerland

Bichelsee at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	30 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	34 km	East
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	57 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Eschlikon

Type of weather in Eschlikon	light rain
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1001 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	06:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:36 Europe/Amsterdam