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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.6781,Lat: 47.3652
Elevation	442 meter above sea level
Local time	22:15:33pm
Name province/region	Zürich
Name Subregion	Uster
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Greifensee

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Schwerzenbach	2.5 km	NorthWest
2 Maur	2.8 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Volketswil	3 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Fällanden	3 km	WestNorthWest
5 Uster	3.4 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	69 km	EastSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	105 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	313 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 326 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 0.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Zürich with a height of 408 meter (at a distance of 11 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 26.7 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 37 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
Siedlungslandschaft -- Paysage périurbain

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 14 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13.5 km2

17.2%

Nature

2.2 km2

2.8%

Wet nature

1.1 km2

1.4%

Agriculture

29.4 km2

37.5%

Urban area

20.6 km2

26.3%

Infrastructure

2 km2

2.6%

Water - Lakes

8.1 km2

10.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Greifensee in country Switzerland

Greifensee 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	37 km	WestSouthWest
2 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	47 km	NorthEast
3 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	53 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Greifensee / Müllerwis / Seilerwis

Type of weather in Greifensee / Müllerwis / Seilerwis	light rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 45 minutes
Sunrise :	05:59 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:44 Europe/Amsterdam