Kassel: The most unfortunate city despite the top position in the Glücksatlas 2025!

Kassel: The most unfortunate city despite the top position in the Glücksatlas 2025!

Rostock, Deutschland - A pleasant picture of life satisfaction is drawn by the SKL Glücksatlas 2025, which was published today. At the top of the 40 largest cities in Germany, the North Hessian Kassel is enthroned with an impressive score of 7.44. Kassel remains the happiest among the big cities, as early as the second year in a row. The city's inhabitants seem to be fully satisfied, while Rostock, which is at the other end of the scale, forms the bottom with only 6.08 points. This result illustrates a significant discrepancy in life satisfaction within Germany.

According to the survey, a total of 23,468 people were interviewed between January 2022 and April 2025, which offers a solid data basis. The average of all cities surveyed rose by 0.13 points compared to the previous year. This is a positive trend that is strongly influenced by individual cities. Particularly not only to be emphasized that life satisfaction in Kassel is not only high from a subjective point of view - the city is also described as a "overperformer", since it only takes 15th place in the objective quality of life, but is still leading with satisfaction. With 7.39 points, Krefeld concludes the top three, followed by Düsseldorf with 7.36 points.

The less happy cities

The negative leaders in the ranking are without a doubt Karlsruhe and Rostock. Although Karlsruhe is at the top with the objective quality of life, you only take the 38th place in subjective happiness with 6.61 points. Here the high cost of living and the limited leisure offer are essential factors that reduce the life satisfaction of the citizens. Rostock, on the other hand, according to SKL Glücksatlas compared to Kassel, has removed 1.36 points with its 6.08 points far behind the other cities.

The survey shows that the northeast of Germany is particularly struggling with challenges in life satisfaction. While the quality of life in Rostock could be described objectively as quite acceptable, the subjective well -being of the residents remains strongly behind the expectations. In Rostock, over 20% of residents are dissatisfied, which is in a blatant contrast to the high values ​​of other cities.

trends in the 2025

• Kassel: 7.44 points (1st place)
• Krefeld: 7.39 points (2nd place)
• Düsseldorf: 7.36 points (3rd place)
• Augsburg: 7.33 points (4th place)
• Aachen: 7.33 points (5th place)
• Münster: 7.24 points (6th place)
• Hamburg: 7.21 points (7th place)
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• Rostock: 6.08 points (last place)

What does all this show us? It is a clear call for reflection on the living conditions in our cities. While some regions in Germany achieve extremely high satisfaction values, others live in a shadow of dissatisfaction and social challenges. The cities such as Mannheim and Stuttgart show that despite high income and good economic indicators, the subjective well -being is not always predominant. Mannheim, for example, has a high average rent and a significant number of one -person households that contribute to social loneliness.

Overall, the SKL Glücksatlas 2025 not only reflects the subjective feelings of the citizens, but also gives a valuable insight into the social challenges that must be mastered in today's world. It remains to be seen that the future brings more bright spots and fewer shadows for those who live in less happy cities.