According to the current Glücksatlas, Erfurt is the city with the highest overall life satisfaction among its residents out of Germany's 40 largest cities. The ranking was prepared by the University of Freiburg in cooperation with Süddeutsche Klassenlotterie and compares cities with more than 200,000 inhabitants. Tagesspiegel ↗
The capital of Thuringia took first place, followed by Augsburg and Düsseldorf. At the opposite end of the ranking was Rostock. The cities with low satisfaction also include several large West German cities, including Frankfurt am Main in 38th place and Wiesbaden in 39th place. Berlin also ranked among the less satisfied big cities in the survey. Die Zeit ↗
According to the survey data, Augsburg scored 7.42 points, Munich 6.98 points, and Nuremberg 6.71 points. Munich thus ended up in as low as 24th place, while Nuremberg finished even lower. The researchers point out that material indicators of prosperity alone do not explain the level of satisfaction. Rental prices, crime, environmental quality, infrastructure, a sense of belonging, and identification with one's place of residence also play an important role. Tagesspiegel ↗
For the ranking, 23,286 people aged 16 to 84 were surveyed between January 2023 and April 2026. Ratings were given on a scale from 0 to 10, and the results combine several years of surveys so that the city-level data would be sufficiently reliable. Die Zeit ↗
Erfurt tops Germany's satisfaction ranking for large cities
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Glücksatlas mit Städteranking: Erfurter sind die zufriedensten Großstädter in Deutschland
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