Germany using more land area for housing, transportation

NAMPA / DPA

2025-08-05

Frankfurt (dpa) - More land is being used in Germany for residential housing and transportation, the Federal Statistics Office reported on Tuesday, with an average expansion over the last four years of 51 hectares daily - or 70 football pitches. That figure, which covers such usage from 2020 to 2023 was 2 hectares more than in the previous four year period 2019-22. But it was lower than at the turn of the century, when residential housing and tra......

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