Mountain

Knock

Located in Thanstein, Landkreis Schwandorf Coordinates: 49°23′08″ N 12°25′41″ E

Location in Germany

Elevation: 665 m; above sea level
Nearest town: Prackendorf; 1.6 km NW
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: KLV Karlovy Vary Airport97 km; NUE Nuremberg Airport99 km

About Knock

Knock is a mountain. Location: Thanstein, Landkreis Schwandorf. Elevation: 665 m. The best months to visit are June–August. The nearest airport is Karlovy Vary Airport (97 km). Nearby sights include Alter Thanstein and Obere Bockskirn.

Photos of Knock

Oberpfälzer Wald David Paloch · CC BY-SA 2.5

Climate of Knock

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 4° · Night -1° · Rain 55 mm

Hottest month: July (day 21°)
Coldest month: January (night -6°)
Wettest month: July (90 mm)
Driest month: April (46 mm)

0° -6°

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6° -2°

11° 1°

17° 6°

19° 9°

21° 11°

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16° 7°

11° 3°

4° -1°

1° -4°

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Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

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Climate of Knock
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	0°	1°	6°	11°	17°	19°	21°	21°	16°	11°	4°	1°
Average low (°C)	-6°	-5°	-2°	1°	6°	9°	11°	10°	7°	3°	-1°	-4°
Precipitation (mm)	57	47	52	46	67	85	90	74	59	60	55	67

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Knock

The nearest airport is Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV), 97 km to the north as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Regensburg, 48 km to the southwest.

Airports

Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV) Karlovy Vary 97 kmnorth
Nuremberg Airport (NUE) Nuremberg 99 kmwest
Munich Airport (MUC) Munich 124 kmsouth

Nearby large cities

Regensburg Population: 151.4K 48 kmsouthwest
Nuremberg Population: 515.5K 98 kmwest
Ingolstadt Population: 120.7K 101 kmsouthwest
Fürth Population: 132K 105 kmwest
Erlangen Population: 102.7K 105 kmwest

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Knock

Within 100 km: 411 historic and cultural sites, 1,917 natural sites, 410 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km228 places

Unterer Markweiher Lake 24 kmSW
Thundorfer Weiher Lake 18 kmW
Stadlweiher Lake 20 kmSW
Oberer Markweiher Lake 24 kmSW

25–60 km928 places

Biber-Revier River 46 kmSE
Bohemian Forest Mountain 60 kmSE
Český Les Mountain 32 kmN
Süßenloher Weiher Lake 43 kmNW

60–100 km1,582 places

Spitzelberg Mountain 73 kmW
Stollenberg Mountain 75 kmW
Deckersberg Mountain 71 kmW
Isar River 77 kmSE

Straight-line distances.

Nearest towns and villages

Prackendorf Village, Dieterskirchen
1.6 km NW
Thanstein Village, Thanstein
2.8 km E
Bach Village, Dieterskirchen
3.6 km NW
Dieterskirchen Village, Landkreis Schwandorf
3.6 km N
Dautersdorf Village, Thanstein
1.5 km SE
Dieterskirchen Village, Dieterskirchen
3.6 km N

Knock

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Alter Thanstein Mountain, Thanstein
1.2 km E
Obere Bockskirn Mountain, Neunburg vorm Wald
2.2 km S
Frauenwald Natural site, Bavaria
2 km W
Kühberg Mountain, Dieterskirchen
3.5 km W
Haginger Berg Mountain, Dieterskirchen
4.2 km W
Plattenschlag Natural site, Bavaria
3.5 km SE
Oberer Eibenstein Mountain, Neunburg vorm Wald
4.4 km SE
Oberpfälzer Wald Mountain, Bavaria
5.1 km E

Knock

Sources & licences

Wikidata, CC0-1.0 Wikidata (CC0)
GeoNames, CC-BY-4.0 GeoNames (www.geonames.org), CC BY 4.0

Data last updated: November 11, 2026 · 2 independent sources