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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.7433,Lat: 47.1282
Elevation	894 meter above sea level
Local time	14:38:17pm
Name province/region	Schwyz
Name Subregion	Einsiedeln
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Einsiedeln

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Birchli	1.7 km	East
2 Bennau	2.4 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Trachslau	3.2 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Biberbrugg	3.4 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Dritte Altmatt	3.4 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	59 km	East
2 Bern	Switzerland	101 km	West
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	337 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 300 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Aare, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Sihlsee (10.2 km² at a height of around 888 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.9 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vierwaldstätter See with a height of 434 meter (at a distance of 19.4 km and direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 53.4 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 75 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 0%, moderate high mountains: 99%, high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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
Tallandschaft der Nordalpen -- Paysage de vallées des Alpes septentrionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 40 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.7 km2

27.6%

Nature

3.9 km2

Wet nature

5.2 km2

6.7%

Agriculture

34.9 km2

44.5%

Urban area

3.3 km2

4.3%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.3%

Water - Lakes

9.1 km2

11.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Einsiedeln in country Switzerland

Einsiedeln at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	44 km	WestNorthWest
2 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	45 km	EastSouthEast
3 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	58 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Einsiedeln

Type of weather in Einsiedeln	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.17 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	47 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	06:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:39 Europe/Amsterdam