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Travel to Gießen

Gießen is easy to reach from all directions - by plane, by car or by public transportation means - because of its central location and good transport connection. Please click on the images below to enlarge map:

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Travel by plane

Frankfurt Airport (FRA) Rhein-Main (approx. 72 km south of Gießen)

Gießen can easily be reached by train via Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof or by car via autobahn A5 direction Kassel/Hannover (see below).
Please refer to the local information desks for further help.
Timetable information of Deutsche Bahn


Travel by car
Connection to the autobahn

A5: Frankfurt - Kassel
Exit "Reiskirchener Dreieck", junction via A480 (approx. 12 km)
Exit "Reiskirchen", junction via B49 (approx. 12 km)
Exit "Fernwald", junction via B457 (approx. 10 km)
Exit "Gambacher Kreuz" (approx. 20 km), via A45 to "Gießener Südkreuz" (approx. 10 km), junction via A485

A45: Dortmund - Hanau / Würzburg ("Sauerlandlinie")
Exit "Wetzlar-Ost", junction via B49 (approx. 15 km)
Exit "Gießener Südkreuz", junction via A485 (approx. 10 km)
Exit "Gambacher Kreuz" (approx. 20 km), via A45 to "Gießener Südkreuz" (approx. 10 km), junction via A485

A3: Köln - Frankfurt
Exit "Limburg-Nord", junction via B49 (approx. 50 km)

"Gießener Ring":
Several distributor roads form a motorway ring that runs around Gießen ("Gießener Ring"): autobahn A480 (north), autobahn A485 (east), Bundesstrasse B429 (west) and Bundesstrasse B49 (south). Numerous exits of this beltway make it easy to reach any location in the city of Gießen.

Please find a collection of online route planners using this link (german language) or use this english version.


Travel by train
Rail connection

Depending on the area you are coming from you can either travel via Cologne, Siegen towards Gießen or via Cologne, Frankfurt towards Gießen.

Timetable information of Deutsche Bahn