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Hesse Map
Every district, city and town in Hesse on one zoomable map, with its main highways, rivers and lakes. Switch on towns and districts above the map and zoom in for every name; tap a district to see its population, area and largest towns.
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Key facts
- Capital
- Wiesbaden
- Largest city
- Frankfurt am Main (760,656)
- Population
- 6,278,594 (2025)
- Area
- 21,116 km² (8,153 sq mi)
- Districts of Hesse
- 27
- Most populous district
- Frankfurt am Main (760,656)
- Largest district by area
- Waldeck-Frankenberg, 1,849 km² (714 sq mi)
About Hesse
Hesse has 27 districts and about 6,278,594 people (2025) on 21,116 km² (8,153 sq mi). The capital is Wiesbaden; the largest city is Frankfurt am Main, with 760,656 people. It borders Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria and Thuringia.
Frankfurt am Main is the most populous district (760,656 people) and Odenwaldkreis the least (93,399); Waldeck-Frankenberg is the largest by area (1,849 km²) and Offenbach am Main the smallest (45 km²).
Largest cities in Hesse
The 25 most populous cities and towns. All 299 are on the map above: switch on Towns and zoom in to see them.
| # | City | District | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frankfurt am Main | Frankfurt am Main | 760,656 |
| 2 | Wiesbaden | Wiesbaden | 288,584 |
| 3 | Kassel | Kassel | 196,799 |
| 4 | Darmstadt | Darmstadt | 168,253 |
| 5 | Offenbach am Main | Offenbach am Main | 133,195 |
| 6 | Hanau | Hanau | 98,582 |
| 7 | Gießen | Gießen | 88,544 |
| 8 | Marburg | Marburg-Biedenkopf | 73,571 |
| 9 | Rüsselsheim am Main | Groß-Gerau | 66,028 |
| 10 | Fulda | Fulda | 65,755 |
| 11 | Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe | Hochtaunuskreis | 56,938 |
| 12 | Wetzlar | Lahn-Dill-Kreis | 54,865 |
| 13 | Oberursel (Taunus) | Hochtaunuskreis | 46,757 |
| 14 | Rodgau | Offenbach | 45,197 |
| 15 | Dreieich | Offenbach | 41,965 |
| 16 | Bensheim | Bergstraße | 40,848 |
| 17 | Hofheim am Taunus | Main-Taunus-Kreis | 39,149 |
| 18 | Maintal | Main-Kinzig-Kreis | 39,130 |
| 19 | Langen (Hessen) | Offenbach | 39,009 |
| 20 | Neu-Isenburg | Offenbach | 38,236 |
| 21 | Bad Vilbel | Wetteraukreis | 35,886 |
| 22 | Limburg a. d. Lahn | Limburg-Weilburg | 35,802 |
| 23 | Dietzenbach | Offenbach | 35,458 |
| 24 | Viernheim | Bergstraße | 34,285 |
| 25 | Bad Nauheim | Wetteraukreis | 32,700 |
Populations are the Federal Statistical Office's population on 31 December 2025, carried forward from the 2022 census, counted in the municipalities of that day; a district's population and area are the sums of its municipalities', and the districts add up to the state's 6,278,594. Towns are whole municipalities (Gemeinden), so a city's figure stops at its boundary. Hanau, a district-free city since 1 January 2026, is shown with its figures of 31 December 2025.
Districts of Hesse
All 27 districts. Select one to show it on the map.
| Landkreis | 273,353 | 719 | |
| Kreisfreie Stadt | 168,253 | 122 | |
| Landkreis | 301,529 | 659 | |
| Kreisfreie Stadt | 760,656 | 248 | |
| Landkreis | 222,214 | 1,380 | |
| Landkreis | 267,283 | 855 | |
| Landkreis | 268,614 | 453 | |
| Kreisfreie Stadt | 98,582 | 76 | |
| Landkreis | 116,906 | 1,098 | |
| Landkreis | 241,730 | 482 | |
| Kreisfreie Stadt | 196,799 | 107 | |
| Landkreis | 230,063 | 1,293 | |
| Landkreis | 253,439 | 1,066 | |
| Landkreis | 172,995 | 738 | |
| Landkreis | 322,593 | 1,321 | |
| Landkreis | 238,783 | 223 | |
| Landkreis | 242,751 | 1,262 | |
| Landkreis | 93,399 | 624 | |
| Landkreis | 358,984 | 356 | |
| Kreisfreie Stadt | 133,195 | 45 | |
| Landkreis | 185,359 | 811 | |
| Landkreis | 179,411 | 1,539 | |
| Landkreis | 100,723 | 1,459 | |
| Landkreis | 154,437 | 1,849 | |
| Landkreis | 97,433 | 1,025 | |
| Landkreis | 310,526 | 1,101 | |
| Kreisfreie Stadt | 288,584 | 204 |
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Sources
- Districts, states and Germany's border: Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG), Verwaltungsgebiete 1:250 000 (VG250), the boundaries of 1 January 2026, daten.gdz.bkg.bund.de (dl-de/by-2-0).
- Populations, areas and town locations: Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) for the Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder, Gemeindeverzeichnis (GV-ISys), all municipalities on 31 December 2025, population on the basis of the 2022 census.
- Autobahns, rivers and lakes: BKG, Digitales Landschaftsmodell 1:1 000 000 (DLM1000), daten.gdz.bkg.bund.de (dl-de/by-2-0).