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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.5819,Lat: 47.5312
Elevation	373 meter above sea level
Local time	11:31:14am
Name province/region	Zürich
Name Subregion	Bülach
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Freienstein-Teufen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rorbas	0.4 km	West
2 Eschenmosen	2 km	SouthWest
3 Teufen	2.4 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Dättlikon	2.8 km	EastSouthEast
5 Gräslikon	3.4 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	83 km	EastSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	108 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	294 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 345 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 Greifensee (8.1 km² at a height of around 434 meter above sea level) at a distance of 18.5 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Zürich with a height of 408 meter (at a distance of 17.2 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 7.2 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 10 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 63%, low mountains: 37%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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 des Mittellandes -- Paysage de vallées du Plateau suisse

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 8.5 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

30.3 km2

38.6%

Nature

2.2 km2

2.8%

Agriculture

33.1 km2

42.1%

Urban area

11.9 km2

15.2%

Water - Lakes

0.8 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Freienstein in country Switzerland

Freienstein 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	40 km	SouthWest
2 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	41 km	EastNorthEast
3 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	61 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Freienstein

Type of weather in Freienstein	broken clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.02 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 35 minutes
Sunrise :	06:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:39 Europe/Amsterdam