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Living in Fuerstenwalde

In Fuerstenwalde, rents across existing tenancies average €6.16 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 8.8% (2022).

Fuerstenwalde had 32,002 residents at the end of 2024 and is a city in Germany. For Fuerstenwalde, the foreign population count was 3,356 in May 2022.

Last checked 2026-09-2323 sources

Population32,002people31 Dec 2024Official source · Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis
Median gross salary (region)3,700EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort)
Average net rent6.16EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 6% aboveOfficial source · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)
Unemployment rate8.82%country median 5.1% — 73% aboveOfficial source · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities
Recorded crime6,161incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise
PM2.5, annual mean9µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Hasenholz (Buckow))

Pricier rent than 61% of German cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 95% of German cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 96% of German cities that publish it.

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

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

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in GermanyNational rates and thresholds that apply in Fuerstenwalde.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

A city-level estimate placed average net cold rent at €11.47 per m² per month in June 2026.

How much does it cost to rent in Fuerstenwalde?

Average net cold rent is 6.16 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): 6.16 EUR/m²/month · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)5
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Fuerstenwalde recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38
Hamburg€9.94
Stuttgart€9.72
Augsburg€9.10
Fuerstenwalde€6.16
Dortmund€6.00
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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 M17Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)6.16 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.8115 May 2022Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)5Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)Alternative estimate11.47 EUR/m²/month4 Jun 2026miet-check Mietspiegel Fuerstenwalde23Commercial estimate · Supplemental context

Is Fuerstenwalde a good place to live?

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Remote worker52%strong on work, weak on safety · range 43–61%
Skilled employee57%strong on work, weak on education · range 48–66%
Student58%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 48–68%
Family52%strong on family, weak on education · range 42–62%
Retirement59%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 47–71%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 370 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 6.16 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

The unemployment rate was 8.82% in May 2022. The regional median gross salary was €3,700 per month at the end of 2024. Regional disposable income was €26,329 per person per year at the end of 2023.

What is the unemployment rate in Fuerstenwalde?

The unemployment rate is about 8.8 % (May 2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 8.82 % · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities22
Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Fuerstenwalde is 8.8%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability73.26 %31 Dec 2025Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas3Official
Gigabit broadband availability91.58 %31 Dec 2025Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas3Official
Disposable income per resident26,329 EUR/year31 Dec 2023VGRdL — Kreis economic accounts18Official · district-level figure
GDP per capita41,044 EUR/year31 Dec 2023VGRdL — Kreis economic accounts18Official · district-level figure
Median gross salary (regional)3,700 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort)1Official · district-level figure
Unemployment rate8.82 %country median 5.1%15 May 2022Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities22Official

What does a salary buy in Fuerstenwalde?

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

regional median gross pay: €3,700 (Bundesagentur für Arbeit, 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€1,653of €2,440 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.€2,440
Rent, 60 m²€11.47/m² advertised for new lettings (market price · miet-check Mietspiegel Fuerstenwalde · 2026-06-04). Official average for existing leases: €6.16/m² (official · Destatis · 2022-05-15).− €688
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€1,653
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Fuerstenwalde Salary needed to live in Fuerstenwalde

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Fuerstenwalde. 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

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents1,875 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2024Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas)2Official

Yes — migrants receive medical care in Fuerstenwalde 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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Hospital beds per 100,000 residents1,875 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesFuerstenwalde highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Fuerstenwalde 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 residents6,161 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise16Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Nearest airportBER13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv15Official
Distance to nearest airport38.3 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv15Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Fuerstenwalde. 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.

GermanIn Person
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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 Fuerstenwalde?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 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 Hasenholz (Buckow))10

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 Fuerstenwalde is 9.0 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 mean5 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Hasenholz (Buckow))8Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean13 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Hasenholz (Buckow))9Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean9 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Hasenholz (Buckow))10Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by monthJan 2.8 · Feb 4.5 · Mar 8.6 · Apr 15 · May 19.5 · Jun 22.7 · Jul 24.7 · Aug 24.6 · Sep 19.6 · Oct 13.6 · Nov 7.4 · Dec 3.7 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Lindenberg19Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan -2.2 · Feb -1.6 · Mar 0.8 · Apr 4.8 · May 9 · Jun 12.2 · Jul 14.5 · Aug 14.2 · Sep 10.3 · Oct 6.1 · Nov 2.1 · Dec -0.9 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Lindenberg19Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan 0.4 · Feb 1.4 · Mar 4.5 · Apr 9.8 · May 14.2 · Jun 17.4 · Jul 19.4 · Aug 19.1 · Sep 14.6 · Oct 9.6 · Nov 4.7 · Dec 1.5 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Lindenberg19Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 42.6 · Feb 33.8 · Mar 41.2 · Apr 29.6 · May 49.4 · Jun 57.4 · Jul 78.1 · Aug 58.5 · Sep 46.4 · Oct 40.7 · Nov 40.7 · Dec 41.1 mm1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Lindenberg19Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by monthJan 54 · Feb 77.6 · Mar 131.7 · Apr 198.9 · May 230.3 · Jun 233.7 · Jul 239.8 · Aug 224.5 · Sep 172.3 · Oct 118.7 · Nov 59.8 · Dec 46.5 hours1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Lindenberg19Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Germany: Berlin ±0.4 °C. Elsewhere: Gorzów Wielkopolski (Poland) ±0.2 °C, Gentofte (Denmark) ±1.2 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±1.2 °C, Rudersdal (Denmark) ±1.2 °C, Brno (Czechia) ±0.8 °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

The city covered 70.7 km² in 2024.

How many people live in Fuerstenwalde?

The published population was 32,002 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis6

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
Cars per 1,000 residents551 cars/1000 residents1 Jan 2026Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt — FZ 3 vehicle stock by municipality12Official
City area70.67 km²31 Dec 2024Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis6Official
Foreign residents3,356 people15 May 2022Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities21Official
Population density452.8 people/km²31 Dec 2024Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.14Official
Population32,002 people31 Dec 2024Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis6Official

People and communities

MetricValuePeriodSource
Catholic residents883 people15 May 2022Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit20Official
Catholic share2.8 %15 May 2022Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit20Official
No religion or other28,110 people15 May 2022Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit20Official
No religion or other, share88.3 %15 May 2022Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit20Official
Protestant residents2,859 people15 May 2022Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit20Official
Protestant share9 %15 May 2022Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit20Official

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Pre-primary attendance per 100 children aged 3–6 (can exceed 100)98.7 %1 Mar 2025Destatis — Kindertagesbetreuung regional4Official · district-level figure
Childcare coverage, under 360.1 %1 Mar 2025Destatis — Kindertagesbetreuung regional4Official · district-level figure
Local business-tax multiplier380 %31 Dec 2024Destatis Realsteuervergleich7Official
Local property-tax multiplier390 %31 Dec 2024Destatis Realsteuervergleich7Official

Alternatives for people set on Fuerstenwalde

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.

Menden Sauerland as a Fuerstenwalde alternative in the same country

Better on 4 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

  • Unemployment: 5.2% Menden Sauerland vs 8.8% Fuerstenwalde−41%
  • Hospital beds, per 100k: 371.8 Menden Sauerland vs 1,875.4 Fuerstenwalde−80%
  • Residents: 52,255 Menden Sauerland vs 32,002 Fuerstenwalde+63%
  • Nearest airport: 16.1 km Menden Sauerland vs 38.3 km Fuerstenwalde−58%
  • Rent: €5.63/m² Menden Sauerland vs €6.16/m² Fuerstenwalde−9%
  • Annual PM2.5: 10.0 µg/m³ Menden Sauerland vs 9.0 µg/m³ Fuerstenwalde+11%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,900 Menden Sauerland vs €3,700 Fuerstenwalde+5%
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Alternative cities in Germany

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

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Neuruppin31,962 residentsNaumburg (Saale)31,940 residentsDelbrueck32,166 residentsWernigerode32,167 residentsEmmerich am Rhein31,829 residentsWeil am Rhein32,236 residents

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Fuerstenwalde in rankings

#2 of 30 in German cities with the lowest annual NO2 #28 of 30 in Cities with the lowest annual NO2

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; Fuerstenwalde's school authority applies it locally.

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

Is Fuerstenwalde part of Berlin?

Fuerstenwalde is in the published commuting zone of Berlin; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Berlin city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source11

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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 Fuerstenwalde?

The published population was 32,002 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.

How much does it cost to rent in Fuerstenwalde?

Average net cold rent is 6.16 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 431 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).

Is the air quality good in Fuerstenwalde?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 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 Hasenholz (Buckow)).

What is the unemployment rate in Fuerstenwalde?

The unemployment rate is about 8.8 % (May 2022). Source: Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities.

What is the typical salary around Fuerstenwalde?

The median gross salary is 3,700 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort).

Is Fuerstenwalde a good place to live?

Fuerstenwalde 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.

Is Fuerstenwalde part of Berlin?

Fuerstenwalde is in the published commuting zone of Berlin; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

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