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.
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.
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
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | 48.95 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps13Official · national market |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 49.95 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Telekom MagentaMobil M20Official · national market |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 4.94 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 | 15 May 2022 | Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)6Official |
| Average net rent (nettokalt)Alternative estimate | 7 EUR/m²/month | 2024 | BBSR 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?
There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.
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.
Work and income
What is the unemployment rate in Brüssow?
The unemployment rate is 11.2 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2
Brüssow 11.2%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fibre-to-the-building availability | 39.89 % | 31 Dec 2025 | data.bundesnetzagentur.de4Official |
| Gigabit broadband availability | 39.89 % | 31 Dec 2025 | Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas3Official |
| Median gross salary (regional) | 3,350 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2024 | Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)1Official · regional context |
| Unemployment rate | 11.2 %country median 5.1% | 31 Dec 2024 | Bundesagentur 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.
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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 |
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.
Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Public employment service
Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Brüssow. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Safety
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 6,429 incidents per 100,000 | 31 Dec 2025 | Polizeiliche 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.
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.
BAMF Integrationskurse — Integration course
Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF)
For eligible migrants.
BAMF job-related German courses — Job-related language course
Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF)
For migrants needing job-related German.
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.
Night-time low to daytime high
mm
hours
Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³
City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.
Brüssow 10.0
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO₂ — annual mean | 4 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — DE NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Löcknitz)9Official · nearest-station reading |
| PM10 — annual mean | 14 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — DE PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Löcknitz)10Official · nearest-station reading |
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 10 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Löcknitz)11Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average daytime high by month | Jan 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 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Gr�now21Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan -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 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Gr�now21Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 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 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Gr�now21Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 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 mm | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Gr�now21Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average sunshine by month | Jan 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 hours | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Gr�now21Official · nearest-station reading |
| Annual mean temperature | 9.7 °C | 31 Dec 2020 | DWD 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
By nationality
National passport89.1%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| City area | 101.8 km² | 31 Dec 2024 | Official German municipality area in the 31.12.2024 municipal directory.14Official |
| Foreign residents | 201 people | 15 May 2022 | Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities23Official |
| Population density | 18.09 people/km² | 31 Dec 2024 | Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.14Official |
| Population | 1,842 people | 31 Dec 2024 | Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis7Official |
People and communities
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic residents | 121 people | 31 Dec 2022 | Destatis5Official |
| Catholic share | 6.8 % | 31 Dec 2022 | Destatis5Official |
| No religion or other | 1,277 people | 31 Dec 2022 | Destatis5Official |
| No religion or other, share | 72.1 % | 31 Dec 2022 | Destatis5Official |
| Protestant residents | 376 people | 31 Dec 2022 | Destatis5Official |
| Protestant share | 21.2 % | 31 Dec 2022 | Destatis5Official |
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 group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 1,772 | 100.0% |
| Germany | 1,503 | 84.8% |
| Poland | 204 | 11.5% |
| Ukraine | 15 | 0.8% |
| Not stated | 12 | 0.7% |
| Netherlands | 6 | 0.3% |
| Czech Republic | 4 | 0.2% |
| New Zealand | 4 | 0.2% |
| Croatia | 3 | 0.2% |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 0.2% |
| Switzerland | 3 | 0.2% |
Show 2 more groups
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Russian Federation | 3 | 0.2% |
| Japan | 3 | 0.2% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source19
Citizenship
Persons · 2022-05-15
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 1,772 | 100.0% |
| Germany | 1,569 | 88.5% |
| Poland | 166 | 9.4% |
| Ukraine | 19 | 1.1% |
| Netherlands | 6 | 0.3% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 0.2% |
| Greece | 3 | 0.2% |
| Romania | 3 | 0.2% |
| Russian Federation | 3 | 0.2% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source18
Additional context
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
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%
Cities near Brüssow
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
Alternative cities in Germany
Other cities in Germany to compare with Brüssow, nearest in population first.
How does Brüssow compare?
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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.
Open the official coverage guideSchool 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.
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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