Map of Marburg an der Lahn, Germany

Marburg an der Lahn is a city in Hesse, Germany, with a population of about 78,895. It lies at 50.8090°N, 8.7707°E. Marburg an der Lahn is about 372 km (231 mi) southwest of Berlin, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Gießen, 26 km to the south.

Marburg an der Lahn at a glance

Where is Marburg an der Lahn?

• The 8th largest city in Hesse on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 56 min on the shortest day to 16 h 31 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Marburg an der Lahn

• Gießen — 26 km south
• Wetzlar — 33 km southwest
• Siegen — 53 km west
• Bad Homburg vor der Höhe — 66 km south
• Limburg an der Lahn — 69 km southwest
• Fulda — 70 km southeast
• Bad Vilbel — 70 km south
• Maintal — 73 km south
• Hanau am Main — 76 km south
• Kassel — 76 km northeast

Largest cities in Hesse

• Frankfurt am Main — 650,000
• Wiesbaden — 288,850
• Kassel — 197,230
• Darmstadt — 167,029
• Offenbach — 119,192
• Gießen — 89,179
• Hanau am Main — 88,648
• Fulda — 63,760
• Rüsselsheim — 59,730
• Wetzlar — 52,656

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.