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Geodata Gießen
Stadt Gießen · Landkreis Gießen · Hesse · Municipality key (AGS) 06531005
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Ready-made files from this server — one click, one download, uniform nationwide in EPSG:25832.
🗺️ ALKIS — Real-estate cadastre: parcels, building footprints and land use
| Package | Size |
|---|---|
| Complete package (3 layers) | on demand |
| Parcels only | on demand |
| Building footprints only | on demand |
| Land use only | on demand |
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⛰️ DTM1 — Digital terrain model: elevations on a 1-metre grid
109 tiles of 1 km² each (267 MB), 1 m grid, EPSG:25832.
| Access | Extent |
|---|---|
| Tile list (109 tiles, JSON) | 267 MB |
🏙️ DSM1 — Digital surface model: unified 1-metre elevation grid including buildings and vegetation
109 tiles of 1 km² each (314 MB), 1 m grid, EPSG:25832.
| Access | Extent |
|---|---|
| Tile list (109 tiles, JSON) | 314 MB |
🌳 nDSM1 — Normalised surface model: object height above ground on a 1-metre grid
109 tiles of 1 km² (70 MB), 1 m resolution, metres above ground, EPSG:25832.
| Access | Extent |
|---|---|
| Tile list (109 tiles, JSON) | 70 MB |
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There is no copy of these datasets here: the tables link per tile to the server of the responsible state agency.
✈️ DOP — Digital orthophotos: current aerial imagery directly from the state agencies
109 tiles, period 2024-08-28–2024-08-28.
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Download links (109 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
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Land use in Gießen
What the land is used for — summed from the ALKIS land-use polygons, not taken from official statistics. Shares refer to the municipal area of 73 km².
| Use | Area | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | 22 km² | 29.8 % |
| Forest | 18 km² | 25.0 % |
| Residential land | 8 km² | 10.8 % |
| Road transport | 6 km² | 7.7 % |
| Industry & commerce | 500 ha | 6.9 % |
| Sports, leisure & recreation | 327 ha | 4.5 % |
| Special-purpose area | 299 ha | 4.1 % |
| Paths and tracks | 199 ha | 2.7 % |
| Mixed-use area | 167 ha | 2.3 % |
| Water bodies | 124 ha | 1.7 % |
| Rail transport | 101 ha | 1.4 % |
| Woodland | 99 ha | 1.4 % |
| Cemetery | 39 ha | 0.5 % |
| Squares | 33 ha | 0.5 % |
| Wasteland & unvegetated land | 29 ha | 0.4 % |
| Open-cast mining, mining & spoil heaps | 29 ha | 0.4 % |
| Heath, bog & marsh | 10 ha | 0.1 % |
| Air transport | 9 ha | 0.1 % |
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Terrain elevation in Gießen
Calculated from the digital terrain model (DTM1): minimum, maximum and a tile-area-weighted mean of the elevations above sea level (NHN).
| Metric | Elevation above sea level (NHN) |
|---|---|
| Minimum | 143.0 m |
| Mean | 191.8 m |
| Maximum | 305.1 m |
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Data as of: 2026-11-02.