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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.8252,Lat: 47.4073
Elevation	688 meter above sea level
Local time	3:33:34am
Name province/region	Zürich
Name Subregion	Pfäffikon
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Wildberg

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hermatswil	1.4 km	South
2 Gündisau	1.7 km	SouthWest
3 Ehrikon	1.8 km	NorthWest
4 Wila	2.1 km	NorthEast
5 Wildberg	2.3 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	60 km	EastSouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	117 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	316 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 331 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 Pfäffiker See (3.1 km² at a height of around 536 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5.9 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Hörnli with a height of 1133 meter (at a distance of 9.7 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 27.2 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 38 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 98%, moderate high mountains: 2%, 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
Stark geformte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines au relief prononcé

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 22 km and direction WestNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

32.8 km2

41.8%

Agriculture

39.1 km2

49.7%

Urban area

6.6 km2

8.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Schalchen in country Switzerland

Schalchen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	37 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	42 km	East
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	49 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Wildberg

Type of weather in Wildberg	broken clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.51 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 46 minutes
Sunrise :	05:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:44 Europe/Amsterdam