Map of Wetzlar, Germany

Wetzlar is a city in Hesse, Germany, with a population of about 52,656. It lies at 50.5611°N, 8.5049°E. Wetzlar is about 403 km (251 mi) southwest of Berlin, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Gießen, 12 km to the east.

Wetzlar at a glance

Where is Wetzlar?

• The 11th largest city in Hesse on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 59 min on the shortest day to 16 h 28 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Wetzlar

• Gießen — 12 km east
• Marburg an der Lahn — 33 km northeast
• Limburg an der Lahn — 38 km southwest
• Bad Homburg vor der Höhe — 38 km south
• Bad Vilbel — 46 km south
• Siegen — 49 km northwest
• Frankfurt am Main — 51 km south
• Maintal — 51 km southeast
• Hofheim am Taunus — 53 km south
• Offenbach — 54 km south

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
• Marburg an der Lahn — 78,895
• Fulda — 63,760
• Rüsselsheim — 59,730

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.