Hesse
Map of Hesse
050 km (31 mi)100 km (62 mi)150 km (93 mi)200 km (124 mi)
Height
70 m (230 ft), 75 m (246 ft), 150 m (492 ft), 250 m (820 ft), 400 m (1310 ft), 500 m (1640 ft), 600 m (1970 ft), 750 m (2460 ft), Max altitude 953 m (3130 ft)Height from west to east in Hesse
Height from south to north in Hesse
1Ohm115 to 404 m2Fulda136 to 431 m3Weser105 to 284 m
Natural Earth · GEBCO 2026 Grid · Lakes: HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016, CC BY 4.0) · This product incorporates data from the GDW database © Global Dam Watch (2024) · Names: GeoNames (CC BY)
Basic Information
Capital City: Wiesbaden
Population: 6,207,278 (Wikidata, 2022)
Area: 21,100 km² / 8,147 sq mi
Created: 1946
Subdivisions: 3
Geography
Highest Elevation Point: Wasserkuppe (950 m)
Lowest point: Altrhein (70 m)
Borders
- Bavaria — Southeast
- Baden-Württemberg — South
- North Rhine-Westphalia — Northwest
- Lower Saxony — North
- Rhineland-Palatinate — Southwest
- Thuringia — East
Technical Information
Time Zone: UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00