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General information - Location

CountrySwitzerland
Location in countryCenter
Location in EuropeCentral Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: 8.1442,Lat: 47.0364 marker
Elevation645 meter above sea level
Local time14:34:45pm
Name province/regionLuzern
Name SubregionEntlebuch
Name Sub(sub)region - municipalityWerthenstein

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Holz2.7 km NorthEast
2 Malters3.1 km East
3 Sigigen3.2 km NorthNorthWest
4 Schwarzenberg3.3 km SouthEast
5 Werthenstein3.7 km WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 BernSwitzerland54 km West
2 Vaduz   Liechtenstein105 km East
3 Luxembourg   Luxembourg323 km NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 293 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 Sempacher See (14.6 km2 at a height of around 503 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9.5 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pilatus with a height of 2119 meter (at a distance of 10.6 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 57.9 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 81 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 3%, low mountains: 64%, moderate high mountains: 33%, The hills are mainly northern 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
Tallandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de vallées du Plateau suisse

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 56 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Forest   25.6 km2 
 32.7% 
 Nature   0.5 km2 
 0.7% 
 Agriculture   49.2 km2 
 62.7% 
 Urban area   3.1 km2 
 4% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Schachen in country Switzerland


Schachen at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the AlpsAustria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland27 km North
2 Old City of BerneSwitzerland54 km West
3 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-AletschSwitzerland60 km South


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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


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Current weather at Werthenstein

Type of weather in Werthensteinlight rain weericoon
Current temperature: 12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction: North North East
Air pressure: 1011 mb
Humidity: 90 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:14 hour and 41 minutes
Sunrise :06:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :20:44 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Werthenstein - CH (longitude: 8.1442, latitude: 47.0364)
Distance weather station to place (direction OSO): 0 Kilometers

17:00
10 degrees
1013 mbar
moderate rainweericoon
20:00
8 degrees
1015 mbar
light rainweericoon
23:00
8 degrees
1015 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
2:00
7 degrees
1015 mbar
light rainweericoon
5:00
7 degrees
1015 mbar
light rainweericoon
8:00
7 degrees
1015 mbar
light rainweericoon
11:00
8 degrees
1016 mbar
light rainweericoon
14:00
8 degrees
1016 mbar
light rainweericoon










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