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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.6341,Lat: 47.406
Elevation	394 meter above sea level
Local time	9:44:05am
Name province/region	St. Gallen
Name Subregion	Rheintal
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Widnau

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Balgach	2 km	West
2 Diepoldsau	2.7 km	SouthEast
3 Au (SG)	2.8 km	North
4 Berneck	2.8 km	NorthWest
5 Lustenau	3.3 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	31 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Bern	Switzerland	174 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	357 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 306 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 9.2 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is Hoher Freschen with a height of 2004 meter (at a distance of 15.5 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Swiss-Austrian border with a straight distance of 1.3 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1.9 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the German Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 16.1 km (direction NorthNorthWest).
Elevation around place: hill: 83%, low mountains: 15%, moderate high mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Siedlungslandschaft -- Paysage périurbain

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 82 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 10 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

7.5 km2

9.5%

Wet nature

1.1 km2

1.4%

Agriculture

44 km2

55.9%

Urban area

24.8 km2

31.5%

Water - Lakes

1.3 km2

1.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Widnau in country Switzerland

Widnau at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	19 km	West
2 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	54 km	NorthWest
3 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	62 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Heerbrugg

Type of weather in Heerbrugg	broken clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	06:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:35 Europe/Amsterdam