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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.3067,Lat: 47.4466
Elevation	808 meter above sea level
Local time	21:06:34pm
Name province/region	St. Gallen
Name Subregion	St. Gallen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Waldkirch

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Niderwil	1.3 km	NorthWest
2 Andwil (SG)	2.7 km	WestSouthWest
3 Abtwil	2.9 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Waldkirch	2.9 km	NorthWest
5 Edlischwil	3 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	38 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	152 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	336 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 327 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 11.8 km in NorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is St. Gallen with a height of 670 meter (at a distance of 5.9 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 18.3 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 26 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the German Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 21.8 km (direction EastNorthEast).
Elevation around place: low mountains: 92%, moderate high mountains: 8%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Stark geformte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines au relief prononcé

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 57 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 20 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.3 km2

25.8%

Agriculture

45.2 km2

57.6%

Urban area

12.2 km2

15.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hohfirst in country Switzerland

Hohfirst at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	6 km	EastSouthEast
2 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	34 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	59 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Waldkirch

Type of weather in Waldkirch	broken clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	79 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	06:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:35 Europe/Amsterdam