*Population: "Gemeindeverzeichnis - Bevölkerung am 31. Dezember 2021", destatis.de, 2023
*Retail purchasing power: "RegioData Kaufkraftdaten - Stand 2020", "RegioData Research GmbH, regiodata.eu 2021
*Unemployment rate: Status - February 2023, statistik.arbeitsagentur.de, 2023
*Labour costs in the production industry: Arbeitskostenerhebung 2020 "Nettoarbeitskosten je geleistete Stunde", genesis.destatis.de, 2023
*Labour costs in the service industry: Arbeitskostenerhebung 2020 "Nettoarbeitskosten je geleistete Stunde", genesis.destatis.de, 2023
*Qualification of labour: Status - June 2022, statistik.arbeitsagentur.de, 2023
*Level of business tax: "HebesÀtze der Realsteuern 2021", .destatis.de, 2023
*Level of land tax B: "HebesÀtze der Realsteuern 2021", .destatis.de, 2023
*Industrial and commercial area: "SiedlungsflÀche nach Art der tatsÀchlichen Nutzung - 31.12.2022", regionalstatistik.de, 2024
*Municipal area: "Gemeindeverzeichnis - Bevölkerung am 31. Dezember 2023", destatis.de, 2024
*Urbanization: "Gemeindeverzeichnis - Bevölkerung am 31. Dezember 2023", destatis.de, 2024
Municipality
Infrastructure
Broadband internet
Yes
Research institutions
University
Researching companies
Local industry
Automobile industry
Chemicals industry
Energy industry
Pharmaceutical industry
Food industry
IT industry
Construction industry
Electronic industry
Hotel and restaurant industry
Glass industry, ceramic
Wood industry
Financal/insurance business
Synthetic idustry
Agriculture and forestry
Transport and forwarding
Mechanical engineering
Medical engineering
Metal production and metalworking
Paper industry
Recycling
Tobacco processing
Textile and clothing industry
Publishing
Creative industry
Excise tax
Level of business tax
410 % (municipal rate)
Level of land tax B
450 % (municipal rate)
Level of labour costs (in the federal state)
Production industry
39,67 âŹ/h
Service industry
35,80 âŹ/h
Qualification of labour (in the district)
Academic education
11 %
Vocational training
60 %
Without training
15 %
Subsidies and funding programmes
Subsidies for companies
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