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Living in Schlieben

In Schlieben, rents across existing tenancies average €4.55 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 6.6% (2024).

Schlieben, a city in Germany, had a population of 2,344 at the end of 2024. A regional estimate placed average net cold rent at €6 per m² per month in 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2329 sources

Population2,344people31 Dec 2024Official source · Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis
Median gross salary (region)3,250EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)
Average net rent4.55EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 22% belowOfficial source · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)
Unemployment rate6.6%country median 5.1% — 29% aboveOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik
Recorded crime4,695incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

Cheaper rent than 94% of German cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 80% of German cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 98% of German cities that publish it.

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

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Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Schlieben?

Average net cold rent is 4.55 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): 4.55 EUR/m²/month · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)6
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Schlieben recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

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

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38
Hamburg€9.94
Stuttgart€9.72
Augsburg€9.10
Dortmund€6.00
Schlieben€4.55
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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 Mbps11Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB49.95 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Telekom MagentaMobil M17Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)4.55 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.8115 May 2022Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)6Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)Alternative estimate6 EUR/m²/month2024BBSR INKAR — advertised asking rent for re-let flats (indicator 2113)10Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · district-level figure

Is Schlieben a good place to live?

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Remote worker52%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 42–62%
Skilled employee56%strong on work, weak on education · range 47–65%
Student59%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 48–70%
Family55%strong on family, weak on education · range 44–66%
Retirement59%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 46–72%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 273 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 4.55 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 Schlieben?

The unemployment rate is 6.6 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Schlieben is 6.6%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre-to-the-building availability3.32 %31 Dec 2025data.bundesnetzagentur.de4Official
Gigabit broadband availability3.32 %31 Dec 2025Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas3Official
Median gross salary (regional)3,250 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)1Official · regional context
Unemployment rate6.6 %country median 5.1%31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2Official

What does a salary buy in Schlieben?

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

regional median gross pay: €3,250 (Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€1,733of €2,192 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.€2,192
Rent, 60 m²€6.00/m² advertised for new lettings (market price · INKAR · 2024). Official average for existing leases: €4.55/m² (official · Destatis · 2022-05-15).− €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€1,733
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Public employment service

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

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesSchlieben highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Schlieben 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 residents4,695 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise14Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was DRS, 70.1 km away, with 18 listed destinations in June 2026. Gigabit broadband availability was 3.32% at the end of 2025.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport18 count13 Jun 2026OpenFlights — routes.dat12Official
Nearest airportDRS13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv13Official
Distance to nearest airport70.1 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv13Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Schlieben. 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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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Schlieben.

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Climate and air quality

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
MetricValuePeriodSource
Average daytime high by monthJan 3.4 · Feb 5 · Mar 9.2 · Apr 15.3 · May 19.7 · Jun 23.1 · Jul 25.3 · Aug 25.1 · Sep 20.1 · Oct 14.3 · Nov 8.1 · Dec 4.4 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Doberlug-Kirchhain18Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan -2.4 · Feb -2 · Mar 0.3 · Apr 3.3 · May 7.5 · Jun 11 · Jul 13.2 · Aug 12.8 · Sep 9.2 · Oct 5.4 · Nov 1.7 · Dec -0.9 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Doberlug-Kirchhain18Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan 0.6 · Feb 1.5 · Mar 4.6 · Apr 9.5 · May 13.9 · Jun 17.3 · Jul 19.4 · Aug 19 · Sep 14.5 · Oct 9.6 · Nov 4.9 · Dec 1.8 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Doberlug-Kirchhain18Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 45.7 · Feb 34 · Mar 38.8 · Apr 27.9 · May 57.2 · Jun 53.4 · Jul 69.4 · Aug 61.2 · Sep 45.8 · Oct 39.4 · Nov 43.3 · Dec 44.1 mm1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Doberlug-Kirchhain18Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by monthJan 55.2 · Feb 78 · Mar 124.7 · Apr 190.8 · May 224.2 · Jun 218.7 · Jul 228.4 · Aug 220.4 · Sep 163.7 · Oct 114.1 · Nov 62.2 · Dec 48.3 hours1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Doberlug-Kirchhain18Official · nearest-station reading
Annual mean temperature9.7 °C31 Dec 2020DWD Climate Data Center — Klimanormal 1991-2020, Jahresmittel Lufttemperatur 2m (1×1 km Raster)9Official · land

Similar climate. In Germany: Hoyerswerda ±0.1 °C. Elsewhere: Gorzów Wielkopolski (Poland) ±0.7 °C, Gentofte (Denmark) ±1.4 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±1.4 °C, Rudersdal (Denmark) ±1.4 °C, Reims (France) ±1.4 °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 78.7 km² in 2024. Population density was 29.8 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in Schlieben?

The published population was 2,344 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis7

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area78.65 km²31 Dec 2024Destatis municipality row keyed by AGS; official Statistikportal handoff URL independently confirms the same AGS and municipality name.8Official
Foreign residents40 people15 May 2022Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities20Official
Population density29.8 people/km²31 Dec 2024Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.8Official
Population2,344 people31 Dec 2024Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis7Official

People and communities

MetricValuePeriodSource
Catholic residents82 people31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
Catholic share3.5 %31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
No religion or other1,814 people31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
No religion or other, share76.5 %31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
Protestant residents472 people31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official
Protestant share19.9 %31 Dec 2022Destatis5Official

International community in Schlieben

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 groupPeopleShare
Total2,372100.0%
Germany2,28496.3%
Czech Republic160.7%
Poland120.5%
Russian Federation110.5%
India100.4%
Ukraine90.4%
Not stated90.4%
Kazakhstan50.2%
Italy40.2%
Croatia30.1%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Moldova, Republic of30.1%
Romania30.1%
Serbia30.1%
Ethiopia30.1%
Mozambique30.1%
United States30.1%
Mongolia30.1%
Pakistan30.1%
Syrian Arab Republic30.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source16

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published groupPeopleShare
Total2,372100.0%
Germany2,33198.3%
Ukraine130.5%
India110.5%
Italy40.2%
Netherlands30.1%
Poland30.1%
Russian Federation30.1%
Ethiopia30.1%
United States30.1%
Pakistan30.1%
Show 1 more group
Published groupPeopleShare
Syrian Arab Republic30.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source15

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Local business-tax multiplier324 %31 Dec 2022www.statistikportal.de19Official
Local property-tax multiplier384 %31 Dec 2022www.statistikportal.de19Official

Alternatives for people set on Schlieben

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.

Dahme/Mark as a Schlieben alternative in the same region

17 km away, better on 3 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

  • Residents: 4,957 Dahme/Mark vs 2,344 Schlieben+111%
  • Unemployment: 5.0% Dahme/Mark vs 6.6% Schlieben−24%
  • Rent: €4.89/m² Dahme/Mark vs €4.55/m² Schlieben+7%
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,650 Dahme/Mark vs €3,250 Schlieben+12%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,377 Dahme/Mark vs 4,695 Schlieben+15%
  • Nearest airport: 55.3 km Dahme/Mark vs 70.1 km Schlieben−21%
Full comparisonMore about Dahme/Mark

Cities near Schlieben

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

Doberlug-Kirchhain 15.2 km away
Rent
4.71 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Schönewalde 15.3 km away
Rent
4.68 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Dahme/Mark 17.0 km away
Rent
4.89 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Dahme 17.2 km away
Rent
7.47 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Falkenberg/Elster 18.1 km away
Rent
4.77 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Sonnewalde 18.5 km away
Rent
4.79 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Alternative cities in Germany

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

All Germany cities
Gefell2,344 residentsOsterfeld2,346 residentsSchwanebeck2,352 residentsRethem (Aller)2,332 residentsRastenberg2,360 residentsGartz (Oder)2,328 residents

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

The published population was 2,344 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.

How much does it cost to rent in Schlieben?

Average net cold rent is 4.55 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 319 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).

What is the unemployment rate in Schlieben?

The unemployment rate is 6.6 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Schlieben?

The median gross salary is 3,250 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

How many foreign residents live in Schlieben?

40 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities.

Is Schlieben a good place to live?

Schlieben 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 Schlieben?

Herzberg (Elster), Doberlug-Kirchhain, Schönewalde, Dahme/Mark, Dahme are near Schlieben. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Germany live in Schlieben?

The official country of birth distribution records 2,284 people (96.3%) 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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  title = {Schlieben, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
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