Map of Laatzen, Germany

Laatzen is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, with a population of about 41,838. It lies at 52.3151°N, 9.7974°E. Laatzen is about 246 km (153 mi) west of Berlin, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Hanover, 8 km to the northwest.

Laatzen at a glance

Where is Laatzen?

• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 41 min on the shortest day to 16 h 48 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Laatzen

• Hanover — 8 km northwest
• Lehrte — 14 km northeast
• Langenhagen — 15 km north
• Seelze — 16 km northwest
• Garbsen — 18 km northwest
• Hildesheim — 21 km southeast
• Wunstorf — 27 km northwest
• Peine — 30 km east
• Neustadt am Rübenberge — 31 km northwest
• Hameln — 38 km southwest

Largest cities in Lower Saxony

• Hanover — 515,140
• Braunschweig — 244,715
• Osnabrück — 166,462
• Oldenburg — 159,218
• Wolfsburg — 123,064
• Göttingen — 122,149
• Salzgitter — 104,970
• Hildesheim — 103,052
• Wilhelmshaven — 84,393
• Delmenhorst — 75,893

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.