Map of Wedel, Germany

Wedel is a city in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, with a population of about 34,912. It lies at 53.5837°N, 9.6983°E. Wedel is about 275 km (171 mi) northwest of Berlin, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Pinneberg, 11 km to the northeast.

Wedel at a glance

Where is Wedel?

• The 8th largest city in Schleswig-Holstein on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 27 min on the shortest day to 17 h 03 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Wedel

• Pinneberg — 11 km northeast
• Buxtehude — 13 km south
• Stade — 15 km west
• Elmshorn — 19 km north
• Hamburg — 20 km east
• Norderstedt — 22 km northeast
• Seevetal — 27 km southeast
• Buchholz in der Nordheide — 31 km south
• Neumünster — 58 km north
• Lüneburg — 60 km southeast

Largest cities in Schleswig-Holstein

• Kiel — 252,668
• Lübeck — 212,207
• Flensburg — 85,838
• Norderstedt — 82,844
• Neumünster — 80,196
• Elmshorn — 48,703
• Pinneberg — 40,577

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.