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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.6312,Lat: 47.1664
Elevation	748 meter above sea level
Local time	23:04:34pm
Name province/region	Zug
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Menzingen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gottschalkenberg	2.1 km	SouthEast
2 Hütten	2.8 km	EastNorthEast
3 Alosen	2.8 km	South
4 Schönenberg (ZH)	3.2 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Menzingen	3.4 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	68 km	East
2 Bern	Switzerland	93 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	329 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 304 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 is Ägerisee (6.7 km² at a height of around 723 meter above sea level) at a distance of 3.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vierwaldstätter See with a height of 434 meter (at a distance of 19.5 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 46.8 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 66 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 51%, moderate high mountains: 49%, 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
Futterbaugeprägte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines du Plateau suisse marqué par les cultures fourragè

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 33 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

22.7 km2

28.9%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

47.4 km2

60.3%

Urban area

4.2 km2

5.3%

Water - Lakes

3.3 km2

4.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Finstersee in country Switzerland

Finstersee 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	34 km	WestNorthWest
2 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	55 km	EastSouthEast
3 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	63 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Menzingen

Type of weather in Menzingen	light rain
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 44 minutes
Sunrise :	05:59 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:44 Europe/Amsterdam