GIESSEN

Hesse · GERMANY (DE) · 50.59°N / 8.68°E

ADM1 · ID GeoNames 2,920,512

Gießen is a city in Germany with a population of 74,411. It sits at 50.59/8.68, runs on Europe/Berlin, is 2 km from Wieseck.

Population 74,411

Place Type District Capital

Elevation n/a

Timezone Europe/Berlin

All facts

fields

Country: Germany
Subdivision: Hesse
Coords: 50.59°N / 8.68°E
UTC offset: +1
DST: Observed

Proximity

nearest 10 · within 50 km

NE Wieseck Hesse 10,158 2.8 km

W Heuchelheim Hesse 7,541 3.0 km

SW Allendorf an der Lahn Hesse 4,170 5.6 km

NE Trohe Hesse 771 6.0 km

NE Alten Buseck Hesse 4,075 6.7 km

N Lollar Hesse 10,143 6.9 km

E Großen Buseck Hesse 0 8.1 km

SW Hörnsheim Hesse 3,000 8.3 km

NE Staufenberg Hesse 8,346 9.2 km

S Langgöns Hesse 12,283 9.7 km

Air access

nearby

EDFP

Ober-Mörlen Airfield

Small airport

25.2 km

EDFA

Anspach-Taunus Airfield

Small airport

34.7 km

SGE

Siegerland Airport

Medium airport

44.0 km

EDFQ

Allendorf-Eder Airfield

Small airport

49.8 km

Universities

linked

Fachhochschule Gießen-Friedberg

fh-giessen.de

Justus Liebig Universität Gießen

uni-giessen.de

FAQ

3 questions

What is the population of Gießen?: 74,411 people, per GeoNames.
Which timezone is Gießen in?: Europe/Berlin.
Which country is Gießen in?: Germany (DE).

Get this page as JSON

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cURL 200 OK

$ curl https://api.cityapi.org/v1/cities/2920512

{
  "data": {
    "id": 2920512,
    "name": "Gießen",
    "ascii_name": "Giessen",
    "country_code": "DE",
    "population": 74411,
    "elevation": null,
    "timezone_id": "Europe/Berlin",
    "feature_class": "P",
    "feature_code": "PPLA2",
    "latitude": 50.58727,
    "longitude": 8.67554
  }
}