About Gießen
Gießen is a city in Hesse, Germany with a population of 89,179. It is the 93rd largest of the 960 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Germany, and the 6,457th largest worldwide. It lies 392 km from Berlin.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#6of 89
Elevation
162 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Berlin
Coordinates
50.587, 8.676
Record updated
2026-05-06
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 960 in GermanyClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.