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In Rothenburg, unemployment is 8.9% (2024).

The regional median gross salary was €3,150 per month at the end of 2024. The annual PM2.5 concentration measured 8 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2422 sources

Population3,953people31 Dec 2025Official source · GV100AD annual edition at 31 December 2025
Median gross salary (region)3,150EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)
Average net rent6EUR/m²/month2024Municipality figureOfficial source · INKAR — Indikatoren und Karten zur Raum- und Stadtentwicklung, district (Kreis) indicator table
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 mean8µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency (EEA)

Higher unemployment than 95% of German cities that publish it, less recorded crime than 78% of German cities that publish it and cleaner air than 64% of German cities that publish it.

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

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 Rothenburg?

Average net cold rent is 6 EUR/m² per month (2024), 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 EUR/m²/month · INKAR — Indikatoren und Karten zur Raum- und Stadtentwicklung, district (Kreis) indicator table7
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Rothenburg recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

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
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited48.95 EUR/month30 Sept 2026MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps8Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB49.95 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Telekom MagentaMobil M17Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)6 EUR/m²/month2024BBSR INKAR — advertised asking rent for re-let flats (indicator 2113)7Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · parent municipality

Is Rothenburg a good place to live?

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Remote worker53%strong on work, weak on safety · range 43–63%
Skilled employee54%strong on work, weak on education · range 44–64%
Student61%strong on cost, weak on education · range 50–72%
Family52%strong on family, weak on education · range 41–63%
Retirement61%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 48–74%

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What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 360 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 6 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: 2024

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Rothenburg?

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

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

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median gross salary (regional)3,150 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)1Official · parent municipality
Unemployment rate8.9 %country median 5.1%31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2Official

What does a salary buy in Rothenburg?

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

regional median gross pay: €3,150 (Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€1,677of €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€6.00/m² · market price · INKAR · 2024− €360
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€1,677
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Rothenburg Salary needed to live in Rothenburg

Public employment offices in Rothenburg

Exact offices linked to this city from official sources. Check the office page before visiting because hours and appointment rules can change.

Verified locally

Rothenburg o.d.T. — Verified local office

Obere Bahnhofstrasse 56, 91541 Rothenburg, 91541

+49-9861-9417-25

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Only exact city-linked public offices are listed; this is not a complete directory of private recruiters or every employment provider. Sources checked through 11 Aug 2026.

Healthcare

At the end of 2024, hospital bed capacity in Rothenburg was 1,540.8 beds per 100,000 residents.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents1,541 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2024Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas)3Official

Yes — migrants receive medical care in Rothenburg 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 residents1,541 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesRothenburg highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Rothenburg 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 residents7,330 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise16Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Rothenburg's nearest airport was DRS, 87 km away and offered 18 direct destinations.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport18 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights14Official
Distance to the nearest major airport87 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports15Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)DRS3 Aug 2026OurAirports15Official

Language courses and integration

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

Monthly mean temperature moved from −0.2°C in January to 18.9°C in July. Rothenburg's monthly precipitation totalled 44 mm in January and 89.1 mm in July. Rothenburg's average monthly sunshine was 61.3 hours in January and 236.2 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Rothenburg?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 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 (EEA)5

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 Rothenburg is 8.0 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
PM2.5 — annual mean8 µg/m³31 Dec 2024European Environment Agency (EEA)5Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by monthJan 2.2 · Feb 3.7 · Mar 8 · Apr 14.2 · May 18.7 · Jun 22 · Jul 24.2 · Aug 24.1 · Sep 18.8 · Oct 13.1 · Nov 7.2 · Dec 3.2 °C31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO9Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan -2.8 · Feb -2.1 · Mar 0.4 · Apr 4 · May 8 · Jun 11.4 · Jul 13.4 · Aug 13.2 · Sep 9.6 · Oct 5.7 · Nov 1.9 · Dec -1.3 °C31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO10Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan -0.2 · Feb 0.9 · Mar 4.1 · Apr 9.3 · May 13.6 · Jun 16.9 · Jul 18.9 · Aug 18.6 · Sep 14.1 · Oct 9.4 · Nov 4.6 · Dec 1 °C31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO11Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 44 · Feb 35.4 · Mar 48.5 · Apr 36.2 · May 59.1 · Jun 69.4 · Jul 89.1 · Aug 78.5 · Sep 54.6 · Oct 46 · Nov 42.8 · Dec 42.7 mm31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO12Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by monthJan 61.3 · Feb 82.8 · Mar 132 · Apr 192.7 · May 227.1 · Jun 227.1 · Jul 236.2 · Aug 228.3 · Sep 165.8 · Oct 122.7 · Nov 67.7 · Dec 56.3 hours31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO13Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Germany: Berlin ±0.6 °C. Elsewhere: Gentofte (Denmark) ±1.0 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±1.0 °C, Rudersdal (Denmark) ±1.0 °C, Gorzów Wielkopolski (Poland) ±0.5 °C, Bytom (Poland) ±0.7 °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 Rothenburg?

The published population was 3,953 people in 2025. Source: GV100AD annual edition at 31 December 20256

MetricValuePeriodSource
Population3,953 people31 Dec 2025GV100AD annual edition at 31 December 20256Official

Alternatives for people set on Rothenburg

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.

Bad Oeynhausen as a Rothenburg alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 435 km, better on 2 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent and median gross pay, region cannot be compared like for like.

  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,696 Bad Oeynhausen vs 7,330 Rothenburg−36%
  • Rent: €5.98/m² (2022) Bad Oeynhausen vs €6.00/m² (2024) Rothenburgno percentage
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,800 Bad Oeynhausen vs €3,150 Rothenburgno percentage
  • Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,654.1 Bad Oeynhausen vs 1,540.8 Rothenburg+7%
  • Annual PM2.5: 8.0 µg/m³ Bad Oeynhausen vs 8.0 µg/m³ Rothenburgsame level
Full comparisonMore about Bad Oeynhausen

Cities near Rothenburg

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Niesky 10.8 km away
Rent
5.36 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Goerlitz 19.8 km away
Rent
4.79 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Reichenbach/O.L. 24.4 km away
Rent
4.31 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Alternative cities in Germany

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

All Germany cities
Pappenheim3,942 residentsNeubukow3,969 residentsNeukloster3,925 residentsDassow3,922 residentsZell (Mosel)3,993 residentsLambrecht (Pfalz)3,995 residents

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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; Rothenburg'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 Rothenburg?

The published population was 3,953 people in 2025. Source: GV100AD annual edition at 31 December 2025.

How much does it cost to rent in Rothenburg?

Average net cold rent is 6 EUR/m² per month (2024), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 420 EUR a month before utilities. Source: BBSR INKAR — advertised asking rent for re-let flats (indicator 2113).

Is the air quality good in Rothenburg?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 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 (EEA).

What is the unemployment rate in Rothenburg?

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

What is the typical salary around Rothenburg?

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

Is Rothenburg a good place to live?

Rothenburg 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 Rothenburg?

Niesky, Pieńsk, Goerlitz, Reichenbach/O.L. are near Rothenburg. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

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