Kassel leads Glücks-Ranking: The residents are so satisfied in 2025!

Kassel leads Glücks-Ranking: The residents are so satisfied in 2025!

Kassel, Deutschland - Kassel is the undisputed leader in the lucky ranking of the 40 largest German cities. With an impressive number of points of 7.44 on a scale from 0 to 10, the city shows that life satisfaction is very important here. This is reported by the Rheinpfalz . The current survey was carried out by the renowned Institute of Demoscopy Allensbach between January 2022 and April 2025 and shows that general life satisfaction has increased in major German cities.

The criteria that Kassel have catapulted to first place are diverse: from family, manageable and safe living conditions to a young population to good medical care and plenty of green areas. All of these factors pack a healthy level of joie de vivre in the city mix. The city is also an important traffic and hub, known for the documenta and the Wilhelmshöhe Castle.

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The now published satisfaction ranking shows that Kassel is clearly in front of other cities with 7.44 points in front of other cities such as Krefeld (7.39) and Düsseldorf (7.36). Rostock forms the bottom with only 6.08 points, which means a distance of 1.36 points to Kassel. The average life satisfaction in the big cities increased by 0.13 points compared to the previous year, which was also confirmed by the press release The SKL is confirmed.

Kassel and Erfurt stand out by an even distribution of life satisfaction. In contrast, large cities such as Frankfurt and Rostock have a distinctive differences between satisfied and dissatisfied citizens. It is particularly striking that there is less happiness in many larger cities. This can also be seen in the rankings: cities under 400,000 inhabitants achieve an average of 7.01 points, while millions of cities such as Munich and Berlin only land on average at 6.90 points.

The challenges of the city duty

If you take a closer look, it becomes clear that quality of life does not always correspond to life satisfaction. Karlsruhe takes first place in the objective quality of life factors, but is only 38 in terms of the residents' feeling of happiness. In contrast, Krefeld and Erfurt experience high satisfaction, although their objective living conditions are not the best.

Life satisfaction in Germany has changed in recent years. After a low point in 2021, when the value fell on 6.58 points, it is now evident that the citizens are back on "lucky course"-a trend that is mentioned in the current Tagesschau

The data indicate that younger people, living alone and working mothers benefit particularly from this increase. The causes of this positive development are diverse: tariff degrees and a decline in inflation seem to contribute significantly to increase satisfaction. Kassel's position in the top ranking is not only a sign of urban quality, but also an indication that people in their city feel good.