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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.6693,Lat: 47.3405
Elevation	462 meter above sea level
Local time	3:18:14am
Name province/region	Zürich
Name Subregion	Uster
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Maur

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Uessikon	1.9 km	SouthEast
2 Greifensee	2.8 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Riedikon	3.3 km	EastSouthEast
4 Rällikon	3.4 km	SouthEast
5 Zumikon	3.4 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	68 km	EastSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	103 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	315 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 323 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 0.7 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Zürich with a height of 408 meter (at a distance of 11.1 km and direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 29.2 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 41 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 52%, low mountains: 46%, moderate high mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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
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 16 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.1 km2

17.9%

Nature

2.2 km2

2.7%

Wet nature

1.4 km2

1.7%

Agriculture

32.8 km2

41.7%

Urban area

19.1 km2

24.4%

Water - Lakes

8.1 km2

10.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Maur in country Switzerland

Maur 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	36 km	West
2 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	50 km	NorthEast
3 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	54 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kreuzbühl

Type of weather in Kreuzbühl	light rain
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	06:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:43 Europe/Amsterdam