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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.603,Lat: 47.4509
Elevation	649 meter above sea level
Local time	2:06:12am
Name province/region	Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Name Subregion	Vorderland
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Walzenhausen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gaißau	1.7 km	North
2 Rheineck	1.7 km	NorthWest
3 Lutzenberg	1.8 km	NorthWest
4 Lachen	1.9 km	SouthWest
5 Höchst	2.8 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	35 km	South
2 Bern	Switzerland	173 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	352 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 311 km (direction SouthEast).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 Bodensee (30.9 km² at a height of around 395 meter above sea level) at a distance of 4.3 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is St. Gallen with a height of 670 meter (at a distance of 17.3 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the Swiss-Austrian border with a straight distance of 1.2 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1.7 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the German Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 10.6 km (direction NorthNorthWest).
Elevation around place: hill: 59%, low mountains: 28%, moderate high mountains: 13%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 80 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 5 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.6 km2

18.5%

Wet nature

2.2 km2

2.8%

Agriculture

33.1 km2

42.1%

Viticulture

0.3 km2

0.4%

Urban area

25.6 km2

32.5%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

2.3 km2

2.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Walzenhausen in country Switzerland

Walzenhausen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	17 km	West
2 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	49 km	NorthWest
3 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	65 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Walzenhausen

Type of weather in Walzenhausen	broken clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 46 minutes
Sunrise :	05:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:41 Europe/Amsterdam