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Osnabrück
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Osnabrück

A city on the border between Lower Saxony and Westphalia where the treaties ending the Thirty Years' War were signed, a history the city still markets under the banner of peace. Manufacturing, especially vehicle parts and paper, sits alongside logistics drawn by the city's position on the routes between the Ruhr and the north German ports.

The place

State
Lower Saxony
Population
166,257as of December 2025 ·
Area
119.8 km²
Density
1,388 people per km²
Public holidays a year
10as of January 2026 ·

Work and pay

Unemployment rate
8.1%as of September 2026 ·
Median gross pay
€4,182 a monthas of December 2025 ·

Local taxes and charges

Grunderwerbsteuer
5%
Church tax
9%
Grundsteuer B, Hebesatz
460%as of January 2024 ·
Gewerbesteuer, Hebesatz
440%as of January 2024 ·

Housing

Asking price, apartments
€2,983 per m²as of September 2026 · sourced · immoportal.com
Asking rent, apartments
€10.85 per m² a monthimmoportal.com
Hausgeld
€3.20 per m² a month
Prices, last 12 months
-0.5%
A 70 m² flat
To buy€208,810
Closing costs on top+ €21,549
To rent, cold€760 a month
Asking rent, BBSR (re-lettings)
€10 per m² a monthas of July 2024 ·
Rent in existing tenancies (Zensus 2022)
€7.30 per m² a monthas of May 2022 ·
Vacant flats
3.1%as of May 2022 ·
Owner-occupiers
31.2%as of May 2022 ·
Paid price, resold flats
–
Paid price, new flats
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Unemployment rate8.1%

Monthly, Bundesagentur für Arbeit.

Median gross pay a month€4,182

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

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