Living in Stolzenau

In Stolzenau, rents across existing tenancies average €4.94 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 5.9% (2024).

The population of Stolzenau totalled 7,079 at the end of 2024. The regional median gross salary reached €3,750 per month at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2314 sources

Population7,079people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

Median gross salary (region)3,750EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent4.94EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 15% belowOfficial source · Destatis

Unemployment rate5.9%country median 5.1% — 16% aboveOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik

Recorded crime5,974incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

Cheaper rent than 80% of German cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 68% of German cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 97% of German cities that publish it.

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

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Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Stolzenau?

Average net cold rent is 4.94 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): 4.94 EUR/m²/month · Destatis⁴

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50

Internet, 60 Mbps€49

Net rent across major citiesStolzenau 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 M¹³Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	4.94 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis⁴Official

Is Stolzenau a good place to live?

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Remote worker58%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 49–67%

Skilled employee60%strong on work, weak on education · range 51–69%

Student63%strong on cost, weak on education · range 53–73%

Family57%strong on family, weak on education · range 47–67%

Retirement59%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 47–71%

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What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 296 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 4.94 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 Stolzenau?

The unemployment rate is 5.9 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Stolzenau is 5.9%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Stolzenau 5.9%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	3,750 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	5.9 %country median 5.1%	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²Official

What does a salary buy in Stolzenau?

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

Left over each month€2,072of €2,467 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
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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.	€2,467
Rent, 60 m²€4.94/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15	− €296
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	€2,072

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Public employment offices in Stolzenau

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

Verified locally

Stolzenau — Verified local office

Sandbrink 6, 31592 Stolzenau, 31592

+49-5761-9006-0

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Healthcare

The availability of hospital beds in Stolzenau was 843 beds per 100,000 residents at the end of 2024.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	843 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas)³Official

Yes — migrants receive medical care in Stolzenau 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 residents843 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03

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Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesStolzenau 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	5,974 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise⁹Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Stolzenau's nearest airport was HAJ, 42 km away and offered 50 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	50 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁷Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	42 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁸Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	HAJ	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁸Official

Language courses and integration

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

GermanIn Person

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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

Stolzenau's monthly mean temperatures were 0.7°C in January and 18.6°C in July. Stolzenau's monthly precipitation totalled 54.5 mm in January and 69.6 mm in July.

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 12.77 · Feb 16.09 · Mar 20.87 · Apr 25.62 · May 30.23 · Jun 31.65 · Jul 35.06 · Aug 33.54 · Sep 30.71 · Oct 25.98 · Nov 20.35 · Dec 13.88 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁶Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -21.26 · Feb -18.18 · Mar -12.87 · Apr -5.25 · May -1.64 · Jun 4.32 · Jul 7.5 · Aug 6.19 · Sep 3.27 · Oct -4.82 · Nov -8.6 · Dec -17.74 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁶Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan 0.67 · Feb 1.43 · Mar 4.38 · Apr 9.11 · May 13.15 · Jun 16.57 · Jul 18.61 · Aug 18.3 · Sep 14.56 · Oct 9.9 · Nov 5.34 · Dec 1.96 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁶Official · coordinate grid
Average precipitation by month	Jan 54.5 · Feb 42.7 · Mar 44.6 · Apr 36.9 · May 50.7 · Jun 55.4 · Jul 69.6 · Aug 67.9 · Sep 56.5 · Oct 59.5 · Nov 53.2 · Dec 57.3 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

How many people live in Stolzenau?

The published population was 7,079 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹²

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	7,079 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹²Official

International community in Stolzenau

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	7,000	100.0%
Germany	5,576	79.7%
Russian Federation	357	5.1%
Kazakhstan	226	3.2%
Poland	157	2.2%
Syrian Arab Republic	106	1.5%
Ukraine	87	1.2%
Turkey	75	1.1%
Romania	66	0.9%
Netherlands	36	0.5%
Iraq	35	0.5%

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Published group	People	Share
Moldova, Republic of	23	0.3%
Afghanistan	20	0.3%
Not stated	20	0.3%
Serbia	11	0.2%
Lebanon	11	0.2%
Italy	9	0.1%
Kosovo	9	0.1%
Kyrgyzstan	9	0.1%
Uzbekistan	9	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	0.1%
Latvia	8	0.1%
Belarus	8	0.1%
Tajikistan	8	0.1%
Greece	7	0.1%
Montenegro	7	0.1%
Spain	7	0.1%
United Kingdom	7	0.1%
France	6	0.1%
Czech Republic	6	0.1%
Viet Nam	6	0.1%
Bulgaria	5	0.1%
Indonesia	5	0.1%
Saudi Arabia	5	0.1%
Albania	4	0.1%
Lithuania	4	0.1%
Tunisia	4	0.1%
Estonia	3	0.0%
Slovenia	3	0.0%
Austria	3	0.0%
Portugal	3	0.0%
Kenya	3	0.0%
Sudan	3	0.0%
Jamaica	3	0.0%
United States	3	0.0%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	3	0.0%
United Arab Emirates	3	0.0%
Singapore	3	0.0%
China	3	0.0%

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

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	7,000	100.0%
Germany	6,265	89.5%
Syrian Arab Republic	114	1.6%
Romania	100	1.4%
Poland	90	1.3%
Turkey	64	0.9%
Ukraine	62	0.9%
Netherlands	45	0.6%
Iraq	45	0.6%
Russian Federation	30	0.4%
Afghanistan	26	0.4%

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Published group	People	Share
Uncertain	24	0.3%
Greece	11	0.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	10	0.1%
Italy	9	0.1%
Serbia	9	0.1%
Lebanon	9	0.1%
Stateless	8	0.1%
Albania	7	0.1%
Bulgaria	7	0.1%
Montenegro	7	0.1%
United Kingdom	7	0.1%
France	6	0.1%
Lithuania	6	0.1%
Latvia	5	0.1%
Kosovo	5	0.1%
Spain	5	0.1%
Viet Nam	5	0.1%
Slovenia	3	0.0%
Moldova, Republic of	3	0.0%
Austria	3	0.0%
Portugal	3	0.0%
Somalia	3	0.0%
Sudan	3	0.0%
United States	3	0.0%
Indonesia	3	0.0%
Pakistan	3	0.0%
Thailand	3	0.0%

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

Alternatives for people set on Stolzenau

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 Stolzenau alternative in the same country

Better on 2 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Median gross pay, region: €4,900 Böblingen vs €3,750 Stolzenau+31%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,793 Böblingen vs 5,974 Stolzenau−37%
Rent: €9.69/m² Böblingen vs €4.94/m² Stolzenauno percentage
Hospital beds, per 100k: 723.8 Böblingen vs 843.0 Stolzenau−14%

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Alternative cities in Germany

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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; Stolzenau's school authority applies it locally.

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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 Stolzenau?

The published population was 7,079 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Stolzenau?

Average net cold rent is 4.94 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 346 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

What is the unemployment rate in Stolzenau?

The unemployment rate is 5.9 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Stolzenau?

The median gross salary is 3,750 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Stolzenau a good place to live?

Stolzenau 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 Stolzenau?

The official country of birth distribution records 5,576 people (79.7%) 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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Sources

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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
Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas) bundes-klinik-atlas.de · checked 2026-08-03
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

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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
World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-05

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