Map of Aalen, Germany

Aalen is a city in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, with a population of about 67,085. It lies at 48.8378°N, 10.0933°E. Aalen is about 472 km (293 mi) southwest of Berlin, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Heidenheim an der Brenz, 18 km to the south.

Aalen at a glance

Where is Aalen?

• The 15th largest city in Baden-Wurttemberg on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 8 h 15 min on the shortest day to 16 h 11 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Aalen

• Heidenheim an der Brenz — 18 km south
• Schwäbisch Gmünd — 22 km west
• Crailsheim — 33 km north
• Göppingen — 36 km southwest
• Schwäbisch Hall — 40 km northwest
• Schorndorf — 42 km west
• Ulm — 49 km south
• Backnang — 49 km west
• Neu-Ulm — 50 km south
• Kirchheim unter Teck — 51 km southwest

Largest cities in Baden-Wurttemberg

• Stuttgart — 612,663
• Mannheim — 307,960
• Karlsruhe — 283,799
• Freiburg — 237,460
• Heidelberg — 143,345
• Heilbronn — 120,733
• Ulm — 120,451
• Pforzheim — 119,313
• Reutlingen — 112,627
• Esslingen — 92,390

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.