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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.4753,Lat: 46.6585
Elevation	944 meter above sea level
Local time	22:05:26pm
Name province/region	Bern
Name Subregion	Frutigen-Niedersimmental
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Därstetten

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Richebach	1.3 km	East
2 Buusche	1.6 km	WestNorthWest
3 Oberwil im Simmental	3.1 km	West
4 Balzeberg	3.5 km	East
5 Pfaffenried	4.7 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	32 km	North
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	165 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	325 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 267 km (direction SouthSouthEast).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 Thuner See (Lac de Thoune) (46.1 km² at a height of around 557 meter above sea level) at a distance of 13.7 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Jaunpass with a height of 1509 meter (at a distance of 12.9 km and direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the French-Swiss border with a straight distance of 56.4 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 79 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 6%, moderate high mountains: 52%, high mountains: 42%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Kalkberglandschaft der Nordalpen -- Paysage montagnard calcaire des Alpes septentrionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (at a distance of 104 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bern Belp Airport (at a distance of 28 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

28 km2

35.6%

Nature

22.9 km2

29.1%

Agriculture

27.3 km2

34.7%

Rock-Sand

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Weissenburg in country Switzerland

Weissenburg at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	32 km	North
2 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	46 km	EastSouthEast
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	54 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Weissenburg

Type of weather in Weissenburg	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.31 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	06:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:45 Europe/Amsterdam