Every street in Gießen
Gießen has 381 km of streets and paths. That is how much CLAYM knows for the city, and every street you walk, run or ride for the first time turns green on your map and earns points.
What kind of streets does Gießen have?
This is how the 381 km split into kinds of street. A named street in Gießen is 494 m long on average.
- Main roads76 km · 20 %
- Residential and side streets207 km · 54 %
- Traffic-calmed streets27 km · 7 %
- Pedestrian zones and squares4.0 km · 1 %
- Footpaths, cycle paths and tracks67 km · 18 %
What makes Gießen different
- 27 km of traffic-calmed streets (7 %): a bigger share than in 243 of 280 cities on claym.me. Pedestrians come first there.
- 4.0 km of pedestrian zones and squares (1 %): a bigger share than in 230 of 280 cities on claym.me. Good for car-free loops.
The districts of Gießen
CLAYM assigns every street to the nearest district or locality. Gießen has the most, with 127 km, which is 33 % of the city.
- Gießen127 km
- Wieseck93 km
- Kleinlinden36 km
- Rödgen20 km
- Oberhof19 km
- Lützellinden16 km
- Allendorf15 km
- Annerod10 km
- Hausen9.6 km
- Watzenborn9.0 km
- Launsbach8.0 km
- Heuchelheim6.1 km
and 4 more districts and localities with 11 km together
How long would it take to walk every street in Gießen?
At 5 km/h, 381 km are about 76 hours of pure walking, without detours, traffic lights or ways back. Walking one hour a day, you would have been everywhere after about 76 days, that is about 3 months. By bike at 15 km/h it would be about 25 hours.
Nobody has to do it all: in CLAYM every new street counts, and the map shows you which ones near you are still missing.
Gießen compared
With 381 km, Gießen ranks 113 of 185 cities in Germany on claym.me, and 5 of 10 in Hesse. Bad Homburg vor der Höhe (39 km away) has 67 km fewer streets and paths than Gießen.
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Questions about Gießen
How many kilometres of streets does Gießen have?
According to the OpenStreetMap data CLAYM uses, Gießen has 381 km of streets and paths, 771 of them with their own name. Pedestrian zones, footpaths and cycle paths are included, motorways are not.
Can you walk every street in Gießen?
Yes, with patience: all 381 km take about 76 hours of pure walking. Walking one hour a day, you are done after about 76 days. CLAYM shows you which streets you are still missing.
Which district of Gießen has the most streets?
Gießen with 127 km, ahead of Wieseck (93 km) and Kleinlinden (36 km).
Is CLAYM available in Gießen?
Yes, the streets of Gießen are already in CLAYM. The app launches soon for iPhone and Android. Join the waiting list now to reserve your player name.
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Data as of 31 October 2026. Streets, city limits and districts from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), without motorways. Every street that earns points in CLAYM is counted. Rankings compare the 281 cities on claym.me.