Living in Großschönau

In Großschönau, rents across existing tenancies average €4.06 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 8.9% (2024).

Großschönau had a population of 5,114 at the end of 2024. Regional median gross salary figures for Großschönau showed €3,150 per month at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2313 sources

Population5,114people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

Median gross salary (region)3,150EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent4.06EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 30% belowOfficial source · Destatis

Unemployment rate8.9%country median 5.1% — 75% aboveOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik

Recorded crime7,330incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

PM2.5, annual mean11.13µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · UBA Air Data API — PM2.5 daily mean (scope 1 / 1TMW)

Cheaper rent than any other German city that publishes it, higher unemployment than 95% of German cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 78% of German cities that publish it.

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

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 Großschönau?

Average net cold rent is 4.06 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): 4.06 EUR/m²/month · Destatis³

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50

Internet, 60 Mbps€49

Net rent across major citiesGroßschönau highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38

Hamburg€9.94

Stuttgart€9.72

Augsburg€9.10

Leipzig€6.27

Dortmund€6.00

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Mannheim€9.09

Berlin€7.71

Dresden€7.20

Brunswick€6.79

Bielefeld€6.72

Duisburg€6.66

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	48.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps⁴Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	49.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom MagentaMobil M¹²Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	4.06 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis³Official

Is Großschönau a good place to live?

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Remote worker57%strong on work, weak on safety · range 47–67%

Skilled employee57%strong on work, weak on education · range 48–66%

Student66%strong on cost, weak on education · range 55–77%

Family55%strong on housing, weak on education · range 44–66%

Retirement62%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 49–75%

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What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 244 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 4.06 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 Großschönau?

The unemployment rate is 8.9 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Großschönau is 8.9%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Großschönau 8.9%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	3,150 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	8.9 %country median 5.1%	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²Official

What does a salary buy in Großschönau?

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

Left over each month€1,793of €2,136 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.	€2,136
Rent, 60 m²€4.06/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15	− €244
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	€1,793

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Großschönau. 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 Großschönau. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesGroßschönau highlighted among comparable cities

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	7,330 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise⁸Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Großschönau's nearest airport was DRS, 69 km away and offered 18 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	18 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁶Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	69 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	DRS	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official

Language courses and integration

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

Großschönau's monthly mean temperatures were −2.2°C in January and 19.4°C in July.

Is the air quality good in Großschönau?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 11.1 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: 11.13 µg/m³ · UBA Air Data API — PM2.5 daily mean (scope 1 / 1TMW)¹³

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.511.1WHO 5 · EU 25

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 Großschönau is 11.1 µg/m³. Of 477 cities with data, 164 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Großschönau 11.1

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	11.13 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	UBA Air Data API — PM2.5 daily mean (scope 1 / 1TMW)¹³Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 12.03 · Feb 14.82 · Mar 19.84 · Apr 26.02 · May 28.3 · Jun 36.07 · Jul 35.33 · Aug 37.05 · Sep 32.75 · Oct 25.67 · Nov 17.52 · Dec 12.24 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁵Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -27.01 · Feb -20.8 · Mar -16.04 · Apr -6.4 · May -1.76 · Jun 2.67 · Jul 7.65 · Aug 5.57 · Sep 1.63 · Oct -6.53 · Nov -15.37 · Dec -21.91 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁵Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -2.2 · Feb -0.99 · Mar 2.87 · Apr 8.36 · May 13.11 · Jun 17.19 · Jul 19.41 · Aug 19.01 · Sep 14.15 · Oct 8.69 · Nov 3.59 · Dec -0.54 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁵Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

How many people live in Großschönau?

The published population was 5,114 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹¹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	5,114 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹¹Official

International community in Großschönau

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	5,234	100.0%
Germany	4,974	95.0%
Czech Republic	70	1.3%
Poland	56	1.1%
Ukraine	40	0.8%
Russian Federation	13	0.2%
Turkey	13	0.2%
Hungary	13	0.2%
Not stated	9	0.2%
Viet Nam	6	0.1%
Netherlands	4	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Slovakia	4	0.1%
Ireland	3	0.1%
Portugal	3	0.1%
Romania	3	0.1%
United Kingdom	3	0.1%
United States	3	0.1%
Iraq	3	0.1%
Tajikistan	3	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁰

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	5,234	100.0%
Germany	5,088	97.2%
Ukraine	39	0.7%
Czech Republic	36	0.7%
Poland	21	0.4%
Turkey	9	0.2%
Russian Federation	8	0.2%
Viet Nam	6	0.1%
Netherlands	3	0.1%
Iraq	3	0.1%
Tajikistan	3	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁹

Alternatives for people set on Großschönau

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.

Böblingen as a Großschönau alternative in the same country

Better on 2 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Median gross pay, region: €4,900 Böblingen vs €3,150 Großschönau+56%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,793 Böblingen vs 7,330 Großschönau−48%
Rent: €9.69/m² Böblingen vs €4.06/m² Großschönauno percentage

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Yes — migrants receive medical care in Großschönau 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; Großschönau'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 Großschönau?

The published population was 5,114 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Großschönau?

Average net cold rent is 4.06 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 284 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

Is the air quality good in Großschönau?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 11.1 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 Großschönau?

The unemployment rate is 8.9 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Großschönau?

The median gross salary is 3,150 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Großschönau a good place to live?

Großschönau 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.

How many people born in Germany live in Großschönau?

The official country of birth distribution records 4,974 people (95.0%) 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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Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) statistik.arbeitsagentur.de · checked 2026-08-06
Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik statistik.arbeitsagentur.de · checked 2026-08-20
Destatis destatis.de · checked 2026-08-10
MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15
NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise bka.de · checked 2026-09-23
Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder, Germany citizenship distribution ergebnisse.zensus2022.de · checked 2026-08-28
Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder, Germany country of birth distribution ergebnisse.zensus2022.de · checked 2026-08-28

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Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) destatis.de · checked 2026-08-05
Telekom MagentaMobil M telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15
UBA Air Data API — PM2.5 daily mean (scope 1 / 1TMW) UBA Air Data API · umweltbundesamt.de · checked 2026-09-23

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