Living in Fürstenberg/Havel
In Fürstenberg/Havel, rents across existing tenancies average €4.86 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 5.1% (2024).
A regional estimate placed average net cold rent at €12 per m² per month in 2024. For Fürstenberg/Havel, the nearest airport was BER, 94.7 km away in June 2026. The population of Fürstenberg/Havel, in Germany, was 5,741 at the end of 2024. The city covered 213.9 km² in 2024. Population density was 26.8 people per km² in 2024.
Cheaper rent than 83% of German cities that publish it, less recorded crime than 98% of German cities that publish it and cleaner air than 70% of German cities that publish it.
Which Germany-wide rules apply when you move to Fürstenberg/Havel?
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 Fürstenberg/Havel?
Average net cold rent is 4.86 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): 4.86 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 Mbps10Official · national market |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 49.95 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Telekom MagentaMobil M16Official · national market |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 4.86 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 | 12 EUR/m²/month | 2024 | BBSR INKAR — advertised asking rent for re-let flats (indicator 2113)9Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · district-level figure |
Is Fürstenberg/Havel 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 292 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 4.86 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 Fürstenberg/Havel?
The unemployment rate is 5.1 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2
Fürstenberg/Havel 5.1%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fibre-to-the-building availability | 5.21 % | 31 Dec 2025 | data.bundesnetzagentur.de4Official |
| Gigabit broadband availability | 59.67 % | 31 Dec 2025 | Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas3Official |
| Median gross salary (regional) | 3,850 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2024 | Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)1Official · regional context |
| Unemployment rate | 5.1 %country median 5.1% — about the same | 31 Dec 2024 | Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2Official |
What does a salary buy in Fürstenberg/Havel?
Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.
RentInternetMobileLeft 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. | €2,521 |
| Rent, 60 m²€12.00/m² advertised for new lettings (market price · INKAR · 2024). Official average for existing leases: €4.86/m² (official · Destatis · 2022-05-15). | − €720 |
| 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 | €1,702 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Fürstenberg/Havel. 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 Fürstenberg/Havel. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Safety
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 5,388 incidents per 100,000 | 31 Dec 2025 | Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise13Official · district-level figure |
Mobility and administration
Gigabit broadband availability was 59.7% at the end of 2025.
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Fürstenberg/Havel. 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 Fürstenberg/Havel?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.6 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.
Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.
- PM2.5 — annual mean: 7.61 µg/m³ · UBA Air Data API — PM2.5 daily mean (scope 1 / 1TMW)17
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.
Fürstenberg/Havel 7.6
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 7.61 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | UBA Air Data API — PM2.5 daily mean (scope 1 / 1TMW)17Official · 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 |
Population and city profile
How many people live in Fürstenberg/Havel?
The published population was 5,741 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis7
By nationality
National passport95.1%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| City area | 213.9 km² | 31 Dec 2024 | Official German municipality area in the 31.12.2024 municipal directory.11Official |
| Foreign residents | 282 people | 15 May 2022 | Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities19Official |
| Population density | 26.85 people/km² | 31 Dec 2024 | Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.11Official |
| Population | 5,741 people | 31 Dec 2024 | Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis7Official |
People and communities
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic residents | 195 people | 31 Dec 2022 | Destatis5Official |
| Catholic share | 3.4 % | 31 Dec 2022 | Destatis5Official |
| No religion or other | 4,660 people | 31 Dec 2022 | Destatis5Official |
| No religion or other, share | 80.1 % | 31 Dec 2022 | Destatis5Official |
| Protestant residents | 965 people | 31 Dec 2022 | Destatis5Official |
| Protestant share | 16.6 % | 31 Dec 2022 | Destatis5Official |
International community in Fürstenberg/Havel
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 | 5,820 | 100.0% |
| Germany | 5,371 | 92.3% |
| Poland | 71 | 1.2% |
| Ukraine | 70 | 1.2% |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 52 | 0.9% |
| Not stated | 34 | 0.6% |
| Czech Republic | 27 | 0.5% |
| Russian Federation | 21 | 0.4% |
| Romania | 12 | 0.2% |
| Hungary | 9 | 0.2% |
| South Africa | 9 | 0.2% |
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| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 9 | 0.2% |
| Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of | 8 | 0.1% |
| Cameroon | 8 | 0.1% |
| Jordan | 8 | 0.1% |
| Greece | 6 | 0.1% |
| Austria | 6 | 0.1% |
| Sudan | 6 | 0.1% |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 6 | 0.1% |
| France | 5 | 0.1% |
| Kenya | 5 | 0.1% |
| Egypt | 5 | 0.1% |
| Viet Nam | 5 | 0.1% |
| Japan | 5 | 0.1% |
| Switzerland | 4 | 0.1% |
| Turkey | 4 | 0.1% |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 0.1% |
| Lebanon | 4 | 0.1% |
| Italy | 3 | 0.1% |
| Moldova, Republic of | 3 | 0.1% |
| Slovakia | 3 | 0.1% |
| Serbia | 3 | 0.1% |
| Eritrea | 3 | 0.1% |
| Guinea | 3 | 0.1% |
| Chad | 3 | 0.1% |
| Brazil | 3 | 0.1% |
| Canada | 3 | 0.1% |
| Colombia | 3 | 0.1% |
| Cuba | 3 | 0.1% |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 0.1% |
| Thailand | 3 | 0.1% |
| Uzbekistan | 3 | 0.1% |
| China | 3 | 0.1% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source15
Citizenship
Persons · 2022-05-15
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 5,820 | 100.0% |
| Germany | 5,537 | 95.1% |
| Ukraine | 62 | 1.1% |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 57 | 1.0% |
| Romania | 15 | 0.3% |
| Sudan | 15 | 0.3% |
| Poland | 11 | 0.2% |
| Russian Federation | 11 | 0.2% |
| Afghanistan | 11 | 0.2% |
| Cameroon | 9 | 0.2% |
| Austria | 7 | 0.1% |
Show 23 more groups
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 7 | 0.1% |
| Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of | 6 | 0.1% |
| Azerbaijan | 6 | 0.1% |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 6 | 0.1% |
| Japan | 5 | 0.1% |
| Italy | 4 | 0.1% |
| Turkey | 4 | 0.1% |
| Hungary | 4 | 0.1% |
| Viet Nam | 4 | 0.1% |
| Lebanon | 4 | 0.1% |
| Greece | 3 | 0.1% |
| Moldova, Republic of | 3 | 0.1% |
| Switzerland | 3 | 0.1% |
| Eritrea | 3 | 0.1% |
| Nigeria | 3 | 0.1% |
| Guinea | 3 | 0.1% |
| South Africa | 3 | 0.1% |
| Chad | 3 | 0.1% |
| Egypt | 3 | 0.1% |
| Brazil | 3 | 0.1% |
| Cuba | 3 | 0.1% |
| China | 3 | 0.1% |
| Uncertain | 3 | 0.1% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source14
Additional context
Alternatives for people set on Fürstenberg/Havel
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.
Gummersbach as a Fürstenberg/Havel alternative in the same country
A move, not a commute, at 450 km, better on 2 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.
- Residents: 51,290 Gummersbach vs 5,741 Fürstenberg/Havel+793%
- Rent: €5.93/m² Gummersbach vs €4.86/m² Fürstenberg/Havel+22%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,977 Gummersbach vs 5,388 Fürstenberg/Havel−26%
- Nearest airport: 35.1 km Gummersbach vs 94.7 km Fürstenberg/Havel−63%
- Median gross pay, region: €3,950 Gummersbach vs €3,850 Fürstenberg/Havelsame level
Cities near Fürstenberg/Havel
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
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- 4.86 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
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- 5.36 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
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- 5.15 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
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- 5.6 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
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- 5.22 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Alternative cities in Germany
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Yes — migrants receive medical care in Fürstenberg/Havel 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; Fürstenberg/Havel'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 Fürstenberg/Havel?
The published population was 5,741 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.
How much does it cost to rent in Fürstenberg/Havel?
Average net cold rent is 4.86 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 340 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).
Is the air quality good in Fürstenberg/Havel?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 7.6 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: UBA Air Data API — PM2.5 daily mean (scope 1 / 1TMW).
What is the unemployment rate in Fürstenberg/Havel?
The unemployment rate is 5.1 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.
What is the typical salary around Fürstenberg/Havel?
The median gross salary is 3,850 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).
Is Fürstenberg/Havel a good place to live?
Fürstenberg/Havel 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 Fürstenberg/Havel?
Lychen, Rheinsberg, Gransee, Neustrelitz, Mirow are near Fürstenberg/Havel. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.
How many people born in Germany live in Fürstenberg/Havel?
The official country of birth distribution records 5,371 people (92.3%) 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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