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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.4834,Lat: 47.0102
Elevation	471 meter above sea level
Local time	12:10:57pm
Name province/region	Luzern
Name Subregion	Luzern-Land
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vitznau

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gersau	4 km	SouthEast
2 Rigi Kaltbad	4 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Weggis	4.1 km	NorthWest
4 Beckenried	4.8 km	South
5 Ennetbürgen	6 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	79 km	West
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	80 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	338 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 287 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 0.1 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vierwaldstätter See with a height of 434 meter (at a distance of 7.3 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 60.7 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 85 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 48%, low mountains: 14%, moderate high mountains: 28%, high mountains: 10%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is water.

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

Name
Seefläche -- Lac

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 50 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

24.5 km2

31.2%

Nature

0.1 km2

0.1%

Agriculture

17.8 km2

22.6%

Urban area

2.9 km2

3.7%

Water - Lakes

33.3 km2

42.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vitznau in country Switzerland

Vitznau 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	36 km	NorthWest
2 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	59 km	East
3 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	66 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vitznau

Type of weather in Vitznau	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1000 mb
Humidity:	63 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 29 minutes
Sunrise :	06:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:37 Europe/Amsterdam