Map of Bensheim, Germany

Bensheim is a city in Hesse, Germany, with a population of about 41,124. It lies at 49.6837°N, 8.6184°E. Bensheim is about 460 km (286 mi) southwest of Berlin, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Weinheim, 15 km to the south.

Bensheim at a glance

Where is Bensheim?

• The 15th largest city in Hesse on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 8 h 07 min on the shortest day to 16 h 19 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Bensheim

• Weinheim — 15 km south
• Worms — 19 km west
• Darmstadt — 21 km north
• Mannheim — 24 km southwest
• Frankenthal — 25 km southwest
• Ludwigshafen am Rhein — 26 km southwest
• Heidelberg — 31 km south
• Rüsselsheim — 37 km north
• Dreieich — 38 km north
• Dietzenbach — 38 km north

Largest cities in Hesse

• Frankfurt am Main — 650,000
• Wiesbaden — 288,850
• Kassel — 197,230
• Darmstadt — 167,029
• Offenbach — 119,192
• Gießen — 89,179
• Hanau am Main — 88,648
• Marburg an der Lahn — 78,895
• Fulda — 63,760
• Rüsselsheim — 59,730

Largest cities in Germany

• Berlin — 3,426,354
• Hamburg — 1,973,896
• Munich — 1,505,005
• Cologne — 1,024,621
• Frankfurt am Main — 650,000
• Düsseldorf — 618,685
• Stuttgart — 612,663
• Essen — 593,085
• Dortmund — 588,462
• Dresden — 564,904

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.