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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.0225,Lat: 47.4121
Elevation	735 meter above sea level
Local time	12:59:17pm
Name province/region	St. Gallen
Name Subregion	Toggenburg
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Kirchberg (SG)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Dietschwil	1.2 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Kirchberg (SG)	1.3 km	East
3 Ötwil	1.9 km	West
4 Müselbach	2.6 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Littenheid	3.5 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	48 km	SouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	130 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	325 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 332 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 18.7 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Hörnli with a height of 1133 meter (at a distance of 7.6 km and direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 27.8 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 39 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 90%, moderate high mountains: 10%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 36 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

24.8 km2

31.6%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

47.2 km2

60.1%

Urban area

6.2 km2

7.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Schalkhusen in country Switzerland

Schalkhusen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	27 km	East
2 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	32 km	North
3 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	58 km	SouthSouthEast

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Filming Location	IMDB Schalkhusen
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kirchberg (SG)

Type of weather in Kirchberg (SG)	light rain
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.26 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	05:59 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:41 Europe/Amsterdam