Living in Königsfeld im Schwarzwald

In Königsfeld im Schwarzwald, rents across existing tenancies average €6.74 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 4.5% (2024).

Königsfeld im Schwarzwald's population was 5,960 at the end of 2024. The regional median gross salary was €4,000 per month at the end of 2024. Annual PM2.5 levels for Königsfeld im Schwarzwald stood at 7 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2314 sources

Population5,960people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

Median gross salary (region)4,000EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent6.74EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 16% aboveOfficial source · Destatis

Unemployment rate4.5%country median 5.1% — 12% belowOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik

Recorded crime3,454incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

PM2.5, annual mean7µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Pricier rent than 75% of German cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 62% of German cities that publish it and less recorded crime than any other German city that publishes it.

Which Germany-wide rules apply when you move to Königsfeld im Schwarzwald?

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 Königsfeld im Schwarzwald.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Königsfeld im Schwarzwald?

Average net cold rent is 6.74 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): 6.74 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 citiesKönigsfeld im Schwarzwald 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 Mbps⁵Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	49.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom MagentaMobil M¹⁴Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	6.74 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis³Official

Is Königsfeld im Schwarzwald a good place to live?

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

Skilled employee61%strong on work, weak on education · range 52–70%

Student57%strong on cost, weak on education · range 46–68%

Family57%strong on family, weak on education · range 46–68%

Retirement55%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 42–68%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 404 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 6.74 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 Königsfeld im Schwarzwald?

The unemployment rate is 4.5 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Königsfeld im Schwarzwald is 4.5%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Königsfeld im Schwarzwald 4.5%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	4,000 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	4.5 %country median 5.1%	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²Official

What does a salary buy in Königsfeld im Schwarzwald?

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

Left over each month€2,099of €2,602 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.	€2,602
Rent, 60 m²€6.74/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15	− €404
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	€2,099

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Königsfeld im Schwarzwald. 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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Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesKönigsfeld im Schwarzwald 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	3,454 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise¹⁰Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Königsfeld im Schwarzwald's nearest airport was FKB, 76 km away and offered 18 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	18 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁸Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	76 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁹Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	FKB	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁹Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Königsfeld im Schwarzwald. 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

Königsfeld im Schwarzwald's monthly mean temperatures were −1.5°C in January and 17.1°C in July.

Is the air quality good in Königsfeld im Schwarzwald?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency⁴

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

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

PM2.57WHO 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 Königsfeld im Schwarzwald is 7.0 µg/m³. Of 477 cities with data, 164 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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3–44–55–66–77–88–99–1010–1111–1212–1313–14

Königsfeld im Schwarzwald 7.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	7 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 10.45 · Feb 16.01 · Mar 19.57 · Apr 24.17 · May 30.03 · Jun 34.74 · Jul 34.64 · Aug 36.16 · Sep 28.27 · Oct 22.59 · Nov 17.95 · Dec 12.36 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁶Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -16.34 · Feb -20.3 · Mar -23.85 · Apr -6.55 · May -2.56 · Jun 0.51 · Jul 4.22 · Aug 4.05 · Sep 0.58 · Oct -8.71 · Nov -11.25 · Dec -18.25 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁶Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -1.48 · Feb -1.05 · Mar 3.03 · Apr 7.59 · May 11.69 · Jun 15.61 · Jul 17.05 · Aug 16.58 · Sep 12.6 · Oct 8.52 · Nov 3.39 · Dec -0.47 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁶Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

How many people live in Königsfeld im Schwarzwald?

The published population was 5,960 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹³

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	5,960 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹³Official

International community in Königsfeld im Schwarzwald

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	5,818	100.0%
Germany	5,091	87.5%
Poland	83	1.4%
Romania	82	1.4%
Ukraine	60	1.0%
Russian Federation	36	0.6%
Kazakhstan	36	0.6%
Switzerland	33	0.6%
Italy	31	0.5%
Yemen	21	0.4%
Not stated	20	0.3%

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Published group	People	Share
Croatia	18	0.3%
Czech Republic	18	0.3%
China	18	0.3%
Turkey	17	0.3%
France	15	0.3%
Serbia	15	0.3%
Austria	14	0.2%
Hungary	13	0.2%
Portugal	12	0.2%
United Kingdom	12	0.2%
Bulgaria	11	0.2%
United States	11	0.2%
Spain	10	0.2%
Syrian Arab Republic	10	0.2%
Moldova, Republic of	9	0.2%
South Africa	9	0.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	0.1%
Brazil	8	0.1%
Slovakia	7	0.1%
Philippines	7	0.1%
Kosovo	6	0.1%
Iraq	6	0.1%
Slovenia	4	0.1%
Lithuania	4	0.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	4	0.1%
Netherlands	4	0.1%
Kyrgyzstan	4	0.1%
Belgium	3	0.1%
Ireland	3	0.1%
Latvia	3	0.1%
Norway	3	0.1%
Ethiopia	3	0.1%
Nigeria	3	0.1%
Ghana	3	0.1%
Mali	3	0.1%
Morocco	3	0.1%
Namibia	3	0.1%
Tanzania, United Republic of	3	0.1%
Egypt	3	0.1%
Bolivia, Plurinational State of	3	0.1%
Costa Rica	3	0.1%
Haiti	3	0.1%
Cuba	3	0.1%
Viet Nam	3	0.1%
India	3	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	3	0.1%
Taiwan, Province of China	3	0.1%
Tajikistan	3	0.1%
Saudi Arabia	3	0.1%
Thailand	3	0.1%
Vanuatu	3	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹²

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	5,818	100.0%
Germany	5,385	92.6%
Romania	72	1.2%
Ukraine	54	0.9%
Italy	45	0.8%
Iraq	32	0.6%
Turkey	20	0.3%
Serbia	14	0.2%
China	13	0.2%
Bulgaria	12	0.2%
Croatia	12	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Austria	12	0.2%
Poland	12	0.2%
Switzerland	12	0.2%
Hungary	12	0.2%
France	11	0.2%
Portugal	10	0.2%
Kosovo	9	0.2%
United States	8	0.1%
Syrian Arab Republic	7	0.1%
Netherlands	6	0.1%
Spain	5	0.1%
Egypt	4	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0.1%
Ireland	3	0.1%
Lithuania	3	0.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	3	0.1%
Slovakia	3	0.1%
Russian Federation	3	0.1%
United Kingdom	3	0.1%
Mali	3	0.1%
Namibia	3	0.1%
Bolivia, Plurinational State of	3	0.1%
Brazil	3	0.1%
Canada	3	0.1%
Cuba	3	0.1%
Viet Nam	3	0.1%
Kazakhstan	3	0.1%
Uncertain	3	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹¹

Alternatives for people set on Königsfeld im Schwarzwald

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Böblingen as a Königsfeld im Schwarzwald alternative in the same country

Better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Rent: €9.69/m² Böblingen vs €6.74/m² Königsfeld im Schwarzwaldno percentage
Median gross pay, region: €4,900 Böblingen vs €4,000 Königsfeld im Schwarzwald+23%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,793 Böblingen vs 3,454 Königsfeld im Schwarzwald+10%

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Yes — migrants receive medical care in Königsfeld im Schwarzwald 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; Königsfeld im Schwarzwald's school authority applies it locally.

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

Is Königsfeld im Schwarzwald part of Villingen-Schwenningen?

Königsfeld im Schwarzwald is in the published commuting zone of Villingen-Schwenningen; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Villingen-Schwenningen city profile

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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 Königsfeld im Schwarzwald?

The published population was 5,960 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Königsfeld im Schwarzwald?

Average net cold rent is 6.74 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 472 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

Is the air quality good in Königsfeld im Schwarzwald?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency.

What is the unemployment rate in Königsfeld im Schwarzwald?

The unemployment rate is 4.5 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Königsfeld im Schwarzwald?

The median gross salary is 4,000 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Königsfeld im Schwarzwald a good place to live?

Königsfeld im Schwarzwald 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 Königsfeld im Schwarzwald part of Villingen-Schwenningen?

Königsfeld im Schwarzwald is in the published commuting zone of Villingen-Schwenningen; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

How many people born in Germany live in Königsfeld im Schwarzwald?

The official country of birth distribution records 5,091 people (87.5%) 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
European Environment Agency air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-05
MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15
NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
oecd.org place coordinates oecd.org · checked 2026-08-28
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

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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
Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) destatis.de · checked 2026-08-05
Telekom MagentaMobil M telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15

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