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Hanau

A Hesse city on the Main just east of Frankfurt, birthplace of the Brothers Grimm and long a centre of goldsmithing and jewellery manufacturing that gave it the nickname the City of Gold and Silver. Rebuilt after heavy wartime damage, its economy today mixes precision manufacturing, chemicals and close commuting ties to Frankfurt.

The place

State
Hesse
Population
98,582as of December 2025 ·
Area
76.5 km²
Density
1,289 people per km²
Public holidays a year
10as of January 2026 ·

Work and pay

Unemployment rate
5.2%as of September 2026 ·
Median gross pay
€3,879 a monthas of December 2025 ·

Local taxes and charges

Grunderwerbsteuer
6%
Church tax
9%
Grundsteuer B, Hebesatz
595%as of January 2024 ·
Gewerbesteuer, Hebesatz
430%as of January 2024 ·

Housing

Asking price, apartments
€3,189 per m²as of September 2026 · sourced · immoportal.com
Asking rent, apartments
€12.60 per m² a monthimmoportal.com
Hausgeld
€3.50 per m² a month
Prices, last 12 months
-6%
A 70 m² flat
To buy€223,230
Closing costs on top+ €23,953
To rent, cold€882 a month
Asking rent, BBSR (re-lettings)
€11 per m² a monthas of July 2024 · District: Main-Kinzig-Kreis ·
Rent in existing tenancies (Zensus 2022)
€7.82 per m² a monthas of May 2022 ·
Vacant flats
4.3%as of May 2022 ·
Owner-occupiers
37.4%as of May 2022 ·
Paid price, resold flats
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Paid price, new flats
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Unemployment rate5.2%

Monthly, Bundesagentur für Arbeit.

Median gross pay a month€3,879

Each 31 December, Bundesagentur für Arbeit, full-time employees by workplace.

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