Map of Gießen, Germany

Gießen is a city in Hesse, Germany, with a population of about 89,179. It lies at 50.5873°N, 8.6755°E. Gießen is about 392 km (243 mi) southwest of Berlin, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Wetzlar, 12 km to the west.

Gießen at a glance

Where is Gießen?

• The 6th largest city in Hesse on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 59 min on the shortest day to 16 h 28 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Gießen

• Wetzlar — 12 km west
• Marburg an der Lahn — 26 km north
• Bad Homburg vor der Höhe — 40 km south
• Bad Vilbel — 46 km south
• Limburg an der Lahn — 50 km southwest
• Maintal — 50 km south
• Frankfurt am Main — 52 km south
• Hanau am Main — 53 km south
• Offenbach — 54 km south
• Siegen — 56 km northwest

Largest cities in Hesse

• Frankfurt am Main — 650,000
• Wiesbaden — 288,850
• Kassel — 197,230
• Darmstadt — 167,029
• Offenbach — 119,192
• Hanau am Main — 88,648
• Marburg an der Lahn — 78,895
• Fulda — 63,760
• Rüsselsheim — 59,730
• Wetzlar — 52,656

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.