Selling a property in Gompitz?
How is the Gompitz district developing?
Gompitz: location and character
Gompitz lies in the far west of Dresden, west of Cossebaude, on the city boundary with Coswig and the Meissen district. Postcode 01156 (like Cossebaude). The district is in fact a cluster of tiny villages and hamlets — Gompitz, Ockerwitz, Steinbach — combined into a single Dresden administrative unit.
The area is agricultural in character: fields, meadows, scattered rows of trees, old farmsteads. The development is extremely loose — single-family houses on large plots, semi-detached houses, converted farmhouses. An apartment building is the absolute exception. There is no urbanity here.
The stillness is the central feature: no through traffic apart from local residents, no commercial noise, no restaurants. In the evening you hear birds. For the right target group that is a selling point; for others it is a deal-breaker.
Connections: Cossebaude S-Bahn station can be reached by bike or car in five to ten minutes. From there the city centre is 20 minutes away. By car the A4 motorway is reachable in twelve minutes. Without a private vehicle, Gompitz is difficult to live in — public transport directly in the village is very limited.
Local infrastructure: practically non-existent. Supermarket, doctor, pharmacy — all in Cossebaude or Radebeul. Anyone living here runs errands on the way home.
Market data: prices in Gompitz
- Condominiums: 1,400–1,800 €/sqm (barely available, isolated cases)
- Single-family houses: 1,600–2,400 €/sqm of living space
- Plots: 80–160 €/sqm
For comparison: in Dresden-Cossebaude, buyers pay 1,800–2,800 €/sqm for single-family houses, in Dresden-Briesnitz 2,000–2,900 €/sqm. Gompitz lies at the lower end — the remoteness and the lack of local infrastructure depress prices. On the other hand: plot sizes of 700–1,500 sqm are still available here at reasonable prices.
Note on the data: With few transactions per year, every price range in Gompitz should be interpreted with caution. Individual special locations (south-facing slope, Elbe view, particularly well-kept property) can lie well above the average.
Typical properties in Gompitz
Almost exclusively single-family and semi-detached houses: historic farmhouses and farmsteads (often in considerable need of renovation), single-family houses from the GDR era (standardised builds of the 1960s–1980s), occasional new builds from the 1990s and 2000s.
Plots are the real asset in Gompitz: sizes of 600 to 2,000 sqm are not unusual, gardens with old fruit trees, sometimes small outbuildings or barns that can be converted.
Building plots are rare and are sometimes subject to development restrictions — the heritage authorities and the local townscape statutes do not permit just any construction in historic village cores.
Who buys in Gompitz?
Nature and garden lovers: The core target group. They want maximum peace, a large plot, independence. City life holds no appeal for them. The Gompitz buyer has often already lived in the city and deliberately moves out.
People working from home with a tolerance for commuting: A growing group since 2020. Anyone working from home two or three days a week and willing to commute thirty minutes on the remaining days finds a quality of life in Gompitz that would not be affordable in Dresden itself.
Families wanting a garden and to keep animals: A large plot, outbuildings for pets, play space for children — Gompitz offers that. The price is the remoteness, which requires good vehicle access.
Price trend
Gompitz is too small for reliable trend statements. The few transactions per year make statistical analysis difficult. What can be said: general demand for rural-suburban Dresden locations has risen since 2020 — and Gompitz has benefited from that. Marketing periods are nonetheless long, often four to eight months. Anyone with time who markets specifically achieves fair prices. Anyone who has to sell quickly grants discounts.
Wie entwickelt sich Gompitz?
Gompitz zählt 2025 rund 4.300 Einwohner (Hauptwohnsitz, Jahresmitte). Seit 2015 ist die Einwohnerzahl weitgehend stabil (rund 4.300). Bis 2035 erwartet die Stadt einen Rückgang auf etwa 4.100 (−4,9 %).
Die Landeshauptstadt Dresden führt diese Werte im statistischen Gebiet „Altfranken/Gompitz".
| Teilgebiet | Einwohner 2025 | Prognose 2035 | Δ bis 2035 | Ø-Alter 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altfranken/Gompitz | 4.320 | 4.110 | −4,9 % | 48,8 J. |
| Gompitz gesamt | 4.320 | 4.110 | −4,9 % | ≈ 49 J. |
Mit einem Durchschnittsalter von rund 49 Jahren ist Gompitz älter als der Dresdner Schnitt (43,7 Jahre).
Schrumpfende und zugleich ältere Lagen wie Gompitz bringen häufiger Verkaufsanlässe durch Generationenwechsel mit sich.
What is land in Gompitz worth?
The official land value for residential and mixed building land in Gompitz (Cadastral district Gompitz) in 2026 ranges from 160 to 280 €/m² (avg. 207 €/m²). Since 2011 the average has risen to roughly 2,0 times — the trend shows the min, avg and max zone per year.
Land value zones for residential and mixed building land, from 2011. Min/max = lowest and highest zone of the cadastral district per year. You can find the interactive overall trend for all of Dresden at Land values Dresden. Datenquelle: Gutachterausschuss für Grundstückswerte Dresden (Landeshauptstadt Dresden, Kommunale Statistikstelle). Lizenz: Datenlizenz Deutschland – Namensnennung – Version 2.0 (dl-de/by-2-0), Bodenrichtwertzonen, OpenDataPortal Dresden. Daten verändert: aggregiert (Min/Ø/Max je Jahr); Werte vor 2002 von DM in Euro umgerechnet.
