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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.418,Lat: 46.8888
Elevation	916 meter above sea level
Local time	19:28:54pm
Name province/region	Nidwalden
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Wolfenschiessen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Wolfenschiessen	2.7 km	NorthWest
2 Grafenort	4 km	WestSouthWest
3 Niederrickenbach	4.4 km	North
4 Dallenwil	4.8 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Wirzweli	5.5 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	75 km	West
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	88 km	EastNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	347 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 274 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 Vierwaldstätter See (Lac des Quatre Cantons) (110 km² at a height of around 433 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9.6 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Uri-Rotstock with a height of 2929 meter (at a distance of 9.4 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 47.2 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 66 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 1%, low mountains: 15%, moderate high mountains: 33%, high mountains: 51%, 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 forest.

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

Name
Kalkberglandschaft der Nordalpen -- Paysage montagnard calcaire des Alpes septentrionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 64 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

30.5 km2

38.8%

Nature

26.9 km2

34.3%

Agriculture

13.9 km2

17.6%

Urban area

0.8 km2

Rock-Sand

6.5 km2

8.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Oberrickenbach in country Switzerland

Oberrickenbach 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	46 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	52 km	SouthWest
3 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	64 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Wolfenschiessen

Type of weather in Wolfenschiessen	light rain
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	06:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:44 Europe/Amsterdam