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Living in Brüssow

In Brüssow, rents across existing tenancies average €4.94 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 11.2% (2024).

Brüssow is a city in Germany, with a population of 1,842 at the end of 2024. The foreign population count was 201 in May 2022. Gigabit broadband availability was 39.9% at the end of 2025. The city covered 101.8 km² in 2024. Population density was 18.1 people per km² in 2024. A regional estimate placed average net cold rent at €7 per m² per month in 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2327 sources

Population1,842people31 Dec 2024Official source · Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis
Median gross salary (region)3,350EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)
Average net rent4.94EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 15% belowOfficial source · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)
Unemployment rate11.2%country median 5.1% — 120% aboveOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik
Recorded crime6,429incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise
PM2.5, annual mean10µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Löcknitz)

Cheaper rent than 80% of German cities that publish it, higher unemployment than any other German city that publishes it and less recorded crime than 95% of German cities that publish it.

Which Germany-wide rules apply when you move to Brüssow?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

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Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Brüssow?

Average net cold rent is 4.94 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges.

Published average over existing tenancies; a specific flat can sit either side of it. Asking-rent series, where present, are separate rows in the table.

  • Average net rent (nettokalt): 4.94 EUR/m²/month · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)6
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Brüssow recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50
Internet, 60 Mbps€49
Net rent across major citiesBrüssow highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Brüssow highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38
Hamburg€9.94
Stuttgart€9.72
Augsburg€9.10
Dortmund€6.00
Brüssow€4.94
Show the other 6 cities
Mannheim€9.09
Berlin€7.71
Dresden€7.20
Bielefeld€6.72
Duisburg€6.66
Leipzig€6.27
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited48.95 EUR/month30 Sept 2026MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps13Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB49.95 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Telekom MagentaMobil M20Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)4.94 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.8115 May 2022Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)6Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)Alternative estimate7 EUR/m²/month2024BBSR INKAR — advertised asking rent for re-let flats (indicator 2113)12Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · district-level figure

Is Brüssow a good place to live?

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Remote worker50%strong on work, weak on safety · range 40–60%
Skilled employee53%strong on work, weak on education · range 44–62%
Student59%strong on cost, weak on education · range 48–70%
Family50%strong on family, weak on education · range 39–61%
Retirement59%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 46–72%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 296 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 4.94 EUR/m² per month, before heating and operating charges.

Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.

Source period: May 2022

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Brüssow?

The unemployment rate is 11.2 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Brüssow is 11.2%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability39.89 %31 Dec 2025data.bundesnetzagentur.de4Official
Gigabit broadband availability39.89 %31 Dec 2025Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas3Official
Median gross salary (regional)3,350 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)1Official · regional context
Unemployment rate11.2 %country median 5.1%31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2Official

What does a salary buy in Brüssow?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

regional median gross pay: €3,350 (Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€1,728of €2,247 take-home
  • Rent
  • Internet
  • Mobile
  • Left over
Line-by-line breakdown and sources
Each month€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions.€2,247
Rent, 60 m²€7.00/m² advertised for new lettings (market price · INKAR · 2024). Official average for existing leases: €4.94/m² (official · Destatis · 2022-05-15).− €420
Internet€49 · official · MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps · 2026-09-30− €49
Mobile plan€50 · official · Telekom MagentaMobil M · 2026-09-30− €50
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish€1,728
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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Brüssow. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Public employment service

Bundesagentur für Arbeit

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Brüssow. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesBrüssow highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Brüssow highlighted

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Bremen15,424
Frankfurt14,600
Berlin13,900
Hanover13,192
Cologne12,343
Dortmund12,283
Dusseldorf12,172
Leipzig11,129
Essen9,619
Dresden8,853
Stuttgart8,552
Munich6,214
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents6,429 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise17Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was HDF, 53.2 km away, with 5 listed destinations in June 2026.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport5 count13 Jun 2026OpenFlights — routes.dat15Official
Nearest airportHDF13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv16Official
Distance to nearest airport53.2 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv16Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Brüssow. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

BAMF Integrationskurse — Integration course

Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF)

For eligible migrants.

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BAMF job-related German courses — Job-related language course

Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF)

For migrants needing job-related German.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Brüssow?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 10 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Löcknitz)11

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours
Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in GermanyAnnual PM2.5 in Brüssow is 10.0 µg/m³. Of 477 cities with data, 164 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
NO₂ — annual mean4 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Löcknitz)9Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean14 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Löcknitz)10Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean10 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Löcknitz)11Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by monthJan 2.6 · Feb 3.6 · Mar 8 · Apr 14.2 · May 18.2 · Jun 21.8 · Jul 24.7 · Aug 24.4 · Sep 19.6 · Oct 13.3 · Nov 7.2 · Dec 3.6 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Gr�now21Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan -2.1 · Feb -2.1 · Mar 0.2 · Apr 3.4 · May 7.1 · Jun 10.8 · Jul 13.3 · Aug 13.4 · Sep 10.2 · Oct 6.2 · Nov 2.3 · Dec -0.7 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Gr�now21Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan 0.4 · Feb 0.8 · Mar 3.8 · Apr 8.7 · May 13 · Jun 16.3 · Jul 18.8 · Aug 18.7 · Sep 14.7 · Oct 9.6 · Nov 4.9 · Dec 1.8 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Gr�now21Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 32.2 · Feb 20.8 · Mar 28.8 · Apr 22.5 · May 44.1 · Jun 61.4 · Jul 72.2 · Aug 54.2 · Sep 41.3 · Oct 35.9 · Nov 33.6 · Dec 27.7 mm1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Gr�now21Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by monthJan 47.3 · Feb 72.6 · Mar 134.4 · Apr 216.1 · May 241.7 · Jun 240.7 · Jul 228.4 · Aug 218.4 · Sep 172.6 · Oct 112.8 · Nov 50.9 · Dec 34.4 hours1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Gr�now21Official · nearest-station reading
Annual mean temperature9.7 °C31 Dec 2020DWD Climate Data Center — Klimanormal 1991-2020, Jahresmittel Lufttemperatur 2m (1×1 km Raster)8Official · land

Similar climate. In Germany: Berlin ±0.6 °C. Elsewhere: Gentofte (Denmark) ±0.9 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±0.9 °C, Rudersdal (Denmark) ±0.9 °C, Gorzów Wielkopolski (Poland) ±0.5 °C, Reims (France) ±1.8 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Brüssow?

The published population was 1,842 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis7

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area101.8 km²31 Dec 2024Official German municipality area in the 31.12.2024 municipal directory.14Official
Foreign residents201 people15 May 2022Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities23Official
Population density18.09 people/km²31 Dec 2024Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.14Official
Population1,842 people31 Dec 2024Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis7Official

People and communities

MetricValuePeriodSource
Catholic residents121 people31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
Catholic share6.8 %31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
No religion or other1,277 people31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
No religion or other, share72.1 %31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
Protestant residents376 people31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
Protestant share21.2 %31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official

International community in Brüssow

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published groupPeopleShare
Total1,772100.0%
Germany1,50384.8%
Poland20411.5%
Ukraine150.8%
Not stated120.7%
Netherlands60.3%
Czech Republic40.2%
New Zealand40.2%
Croatia30.2%
Luxembourg30.2%
Switzerland30.2%
Show 2 more groups
Published groupPeopleShare
Russian Federation30.2%
Japan30.2%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source19

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published groupPeopleShare
Total1,772100.0%
Germany1,56988.5%
Poland1669.4%
Ukraine191.1%
Netherlands60.3%
Bosnia and Herzegovina30.2%
Greece30.2%
Romania30.2%
Russian Federation30.2%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source18

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Local business-tax multiplier370 %31 Dec 2022www.statistikportal.de22Official
Local property-tax multiplier450 %31 Dec 2022www.statistikportal.de22Official

Alternatives for people set on Brüssow

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Penkun as a Brüssow alternative in the same region

14 km away, better on 2 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

  • Unemployment: 9.1% Penkun vs 11.2% Brüssow−19%
  • Rent: €4.50/m² Penkun vs €4.94/m² Brüssow−9%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,270 Penkun vs 6,429 Brüssow+13%
  • Residents: 1,707 Penkun vs 1,842 Brüssow−7%
  • Nearest airport: 53.6 km Penkun vs 53.2 km Brüssowsame level
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,350 Penkun vs €3,350 Brüssowsame level
  • Annual PM2.5: 10.0 µg/m³ Penkun vs 10.0 µg/m³ Brüssowsame level
Full comparisonMore about Penkun

Gummersbach as a Brüssow alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 519 km, better on 4 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

  • Residents: 51,290 Gummersbach vs 1,842 Brüssow+2684%
  • Rent: €5.93/m² Gummersbach vs €4.94/m² Brüssow+20%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,977 Gummersbach vs 6,429 Brüssow−38%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,950 Gummersbach vs €3,350 Brüssow+18%
  • Annual PM2.5: 8.0 µg/m³ Gummersbach vs 10.0 µg/m³ Brüssow−20%
  • Nearest airport: 35.1 km Gummersbach vs 53.2 km Brüssow−34%
Full comparisonMore about Gummersbach

Cities near Brüssow

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Penkun 13.6 km away
Rent
4.5 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Pasewalk 15.2 km away
Rent
4.75 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Prenzlau 20.6 km away
Rent
5.45 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Alternative cities in Germany

Other cities in Germany to compare with Brüssow, nearest in population first.

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Teuschnitz1,847 residentsWolfstein1,835 residentsSchauenstein1,859 residentsHettingen1,861 residentsSachsenhagen1,821 residentsRieneck1,868 residents

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Yes — migrants receive medical care in Brüssow through valid health insurance.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 6 to 15, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: Länder Sprachförderung (e.g. Sprachlernklassen BW/Berlin; vorklassen); Starting Opportunities Programme. How to enrol a child (kmk.org).

A country-wide rule for Germany; Brüssow's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Brüssow?

The published population was 1,842 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.

How much does it cost to rent in Brüssow?

Average net cold rent is 4.94 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 346 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).

Is the air quality good in Brüssow?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 10 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Löcknitz).

What is the unemployment rate in Brüssow?

The unemployment rate is 11.2 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Brüssow?

The median gross salary is 3,350 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Brüssow a good place to live?

Brüssow may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Brüssow?

Penkun, Pasewalk, Prenzlau are near Brüssow. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Germany live in Brüssow?

The official country of birth distribution records 1,503 people (84.8%) in the source-defined population for 2022-05-15. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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