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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.276,Lat: 47.2724
Elevation	710 meter above sea level
Local time	21:38:27pm
Name province/region	Luzern
Name Subregion	Hochdorf
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Schongau

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Schongau	1.1 km	WestSouthWest
2 Rüediken	1.5 km	SouthWest
3 Niederschongau	1.6 km	WestNorthWest
4 Bettwil	2.2 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Buttwil	2.6 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	73 km	WestSouthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	96 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	305 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 318 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 3.4 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Zürich with a height of 408 meter (at a distance of 22.9 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 33.4 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 47 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 25%, low mountains: 68%, moderate high mountains: 7%, 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 29 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.6 km2

19.8%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

48.8 km2

62.1%

Urban area

8.4 km2

10.6%

Water - Lakes

5.5 km2

6.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Oberschongau in country Switzerland

Oberschongau 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	5.2 km	West
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	72 km	WestSouthWest
3 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	76 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Buttwil

Type of weather in Buttwil	light rain
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 45 minutes
Sunrise :	06:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:45 Europe/Amsterdam