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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.5321,Lat: 47.3584
Elevation	507 meter above sea level
Local time	22:12:42pm
Name province/region	St. Gallen
Name Subregion	Rheintal
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Eichberg

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Eichberg	1.5 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Au	1.8 km	South
3 Hölzlisberg	2 km	SouthWest
4 Altstätten	2.5 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Hard	2.7 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	24 km	South
2 Bern	Switzerland	165 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	355 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 307 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 13.6 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is St. Gallen with a height of 670 meter (at a distance of 13.7 km and direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Swiss-Austrian border with a straight distance of 5.3 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 7.4 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Liechtensteiner Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 9.8 km (direction South).
Elevation around place: hill: 45%, low mountains: 25%, moderate high mountains: 30%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 14 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

26.6 km2

33.9%

Nature

0.2 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

43.2 km2

55.1%

Urban area

8.5 km2

10.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Brand in country Switzerland

Brand at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	14 km	WestNorthWest
2 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	52 km	NorthWest
3 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	54 km	SouthSouthWest

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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:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	14 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	06:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:28 Europe/Amsterdam