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Planken

General information - Location

Country	Liechtenstein
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.5442,Lat: 47.1853
Elevation	584 meter above sea level
Local time	13:00:28pm
Name province/region (Gemeinde)	Planken
Wiki-website Subregion ()
Other place with same name 1	Planken Vlaams Gewest - Oost-Vlanderen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Schaan	3.2 km	SouthWest
2 Schaanwald	3.2 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Eschen	3.5 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Mauren	3.8 km	North
5 Gamprin	4.5 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	5.3 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Bern	Switzerland	162 km	West
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	370 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 294 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 Walensee (23.2 km² at a height of around 418 meter above sea level) at a distance of 19.5 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vaduz with a height of 455 meter (at a distance of 5.2 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Liechtenstein-Austrian border with a straight distance of 2.2 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 3.1 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Liechtensteiner Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 9.5 km (direction North).
Elevation around place: hill: 40%, low mountains: 18%, moderate high mountains: 27%, high mountains: 15%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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
STS.15.VIII Chaîne du Rätikon (AVE-25)
SPG.15.VIII.A. Rätikon
STS.15.VIII Chaîne du Rätikon (AVE-25)
SPG.15.VIII.A. Rätikon

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 81 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 33 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

40.2 km2

51.1%

Nature

4.4 km2

5.6%

Wet nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

20.4 km2

26%

Urban area

11.9 km2

15.1%

Water - Lakes

1 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Planken in country Liechtenstein

Planken at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	29 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	37 km	SouthWest
3 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	68 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Spirkenwälder Saminatal	AT	3.8 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Planken
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Planken

Type of weather in Planken	light rain
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 10 October 2026:	11 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	07:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:44 Europe/Amsterdam