Map of Backnang, Germany

Backnang is a city in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, with a population of about 38,818. It lies at 48.9474°N, 9.4372°E. Backnang is about 486 km (302 mi) southwest of Berlin, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Waiblingen, 16 km to the southwest.

Backnang at a glance

Where is Backnang?

• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 8 h 14 min on the shortest day to 16 h 12 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Backnang

• Waiblingen — 16 km southwest
• Schorndorf — 17 km southeast
• Ludwigsburg — 19 km west
• Fellbach — 19 km southwest
• Kornwestheim — 21 km southwest
• Bietigheim-Bissingen — 23 km west
• Esslingen — 25 km southwest
• Stuttgart — 26 km southwest
• Heilbronn — 27 km northwest
• Ostfildern — 28 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.