The historically evolved urban structure with the compact city center, the industrial areas along the Rhine and Main and the suburbs, some of which are characterized by villages, is to be preserved and further developed.

The existing settlement structures will be further stabilized through the use of land potential in the inner area, rounded off by new building areas and thus integrated into nature and the landscape to an acceptable extent.

An environmentally and socially compatible settlement structure is achieved through a small-scale mix of functions. In this way, the urban quarters can be revitalized and the infrastructure in the district can be promoted. An optimal connection to local public transport contributes to traffic avoidance.

The city center, especially the historic pentagon, should be the public, lively and multicultural hub of the entire city. To this end, living, working, shopping, leisure, recreation and culture are seen as a tangible unit. Wiesbaden's function as a spa, congress and trade fair city as well as a cultural, media and film city can be further developed and redefined.

Inner-city open spaces and squares are to be connected with each other in a way that can be experienced and equipped with a higher quality of stay. In order to increase the quality of life and living, the focus in the high-density residential areas is on the creation and expansion of green spaces for recreation, play and relaxation. The recreational needs of families and young people are taken into account here.

The partly rural suburbs of Wiesbaden are to be stabilized and strengthened in the sense of a compatible coexistence of housing, basic services, agriculture, crafts and small businesses. Due to the structural change in agriculture, the suburbs must also open up to new tasks and functions and cope with these within the framework of careful village renewal, among other things.

Wiesbaden had a population of around 270,000 in January 2003. The population forecast up to 2020 predicts population growth of around 6,000 inhabitants in the middle variant and around 9,000 inhabitants in the upper variant.

In order to meet the resulting demand for housing, the land use plan shows new development areas in which around 3,000 residential units can be built. Far more can be realized in existing buildings and, in the long term, in conversion areas. This means that a large proportion of the new living space will be provided through internal development measures.

In addition, new commercially usable building areas will be created to strengthen Wiesbaden as a business location. The commercial space available in the city area is distributed decentrally and consists of commercial and mixed development areas as well as areas for office and administrative use and for large-scale retail.

Wiesbaden's location in a dynamic region requires an improvement in traffic conditions. The optimization of public transport and the expansion of the footpath and cycle path networks, the reduction of noise and air pollution on the roads and the safeguarding and further development of the existing main road network and rail routes can make a meaningful contribution to this.

As a technical contribution, the traffic development plan substantiates these planning intentions.

Further information: Traffic development plan

The natural capacity of the ecosystem and its potential is of crucial long-term importance as the basis of life for Wiesbaden. For this reason, nature and landscape, protected areas, water resources, soil quality, agricultural and forestry yield potential and also the recreational quality with regard to immission control and climatic regeneration should be safeguarded and further developed. Urban development should be geared towards the natural features of the sub-areas, their sensitivity and worthiness of protection.

The land use plan integrates the main objectives of the landscape plan.

Further information: Landscape plan