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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.2552,Lat: 47.2759
Elevation	619 meter above sea level
Local time	16:35:13pm
Name province/region	Luzern
Name Subregion	Hochdorf
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Schongau

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Schongau	1.1 km	SouthEast
2 Oberschongau	1.6 km	EastSouthEast
3 Rüediken	1.7 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Bettwil	1.7 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Fahrwangen	2.3 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	72 km	WestSouthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	97 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	304 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 319 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 Hallwiler See (10.2 km² at a height of around 448 meter above sea level) at a distance of 2 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Zürich with a height of 408 meter (at a distance of 24 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 33.3 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 47 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 25%, low mountains: 71%, moderate high mountains: 4%, The hills are mainly western 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
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 30 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.5 km2

21.1%

Nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

43 km2

54.8%

Urban area

9.5 km2

12.1%

Water - Lakes

8.8 km2

11.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Niederschongau in country Switzerland

Niederschongau 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	3.6 km	West
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	71 km	WestSouthWest
3 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	77 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Meisterschwanden

Type of weather in Meisterschwanden	few clouds
Current temperature:	23 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	998 mb
Humidity:	36 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	14 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	06:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:37 Europe/Amsterdam