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Weißenstein
Baden-Württembergvillage
Air quality index
Demographic figures from Destatis. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Set in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Weißenstein is recorded in open geodata as a village. Its coordinates of 48.705°, 9.886° place it in the temperate zone of the northern hemisphere. No reliable population estimate is published for this entry in the open data we rely on. Climate records indicate average highs near 56.3°F and lows near 42.2°F and about 39.6 in of annual precipitation (a moderate total). The location receives about 1,186 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 46% of daylight hours. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience four distinct seasons with warm summers and cold winters. The remainder of this page draws on open public data to describe the area's demographics, climate, environment and nearby amenities.
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History & geography
Geography
Weißenstein lies in the lower Drau valley northwest of Villach. The highest point in the municipality is the Spitzeck at 1517 m, and the lowest at 500 m.
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Great TitParus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves1,503
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves1,241
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves1,111
- European RobinErithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves992
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves923
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves837
- House SparrowPasser domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves690
- Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves682
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 3.4 — 2022-10-16Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
- M 4 — 2022-07-092 km NNE of Grosselfingen, Germany
- M 3.1 — 2008-12-253 km NNW of Saulgau, Germany
- M 2.5 — 2008-12-122 km ESE of Nehren, Germany
- M 2.7 — 2008-07-091 km WSW of Dußlingen, Germany
- M 2.5 — 2008-07-032 km W of Dußlingen, Germany
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Baden-Württemberg
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
Gallery
Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Weißenstein, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Open-Meteo (ERA5 reanalysis)
- • Wikimedia Commons
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API