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also Braun·schweig (broun'shvīk') A city of north-central Germany east-southeast of Hanover. Reputedly founded in 861, it is an industrial and commercial center. Population: 245,000.

 

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Columbia Encyclopedia: Brunswick
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Brunswick or Braunschweig (broun'shvīk), city (1994 pop. 256,270), Lower Saxony, central Germany, on the Oker River. It is an industrial and commercial center; its major industry is metalworking. Other manufactures include pianos, electronic equipment, food products, and printed materials. Reputedly founded c.861 and chartered in the 12th cent., Braunschweig became (13th cent.) a prominent member of the Hanseatic League. In 1753 the residence of the dukes of Braunschweig was shifted there from Wolfenbüttel. In 1830 the duke was deposed and the city became a self-governing municipality. The city has a 12th-century Romanesque cathedral, which contains the tombs of Henry the Lion (d. 1195) and Emperor Otto IV (d. 1218); several Gothic churches; and a famous fountain representing Till Eulenspiegel, the legendary prankster. The city is the site of a technical university (the oldest in Germany) and an art museum. The philosopher and dramatist Gotthold Lessing (1729-81) is buried in Brunswick.

Wikipedia: Braunschweig (region)
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Braunschweig
Disestablished: 2004-12-31
Lower saxony brunswick.png
Map of Lower Saxony highlighting the former Regierungsbezirk of Braunschweig
State Lower Saxony
District seat Braunschweig
Area 8,098.5 km²
Population 1,659,396 (30 Sep. 2004)
Pop. density 205 /km²

Braunschweig (sometimes in English Brunswick) is one of the four former administrative regions (Regierungsbezirke) of Lower Saxony, Germany, located in the southeast of the state. The region covers roughly the area of the former state of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Founded in 1978 out of Verwaltungsbezirk Braunschweig, it was dissolved in 2004.

The region of Braunschweig is the most R&D-intensive area in the whole European Economic Area investing 7.1% of its GDP for research & technology. (Eurostat, 2006)

Districts from 1978 to 2004

Kreise
(districts)		 Kreisfreie Städte
(district-free towns)
  1. Gifhorn
  2. Goslar
  3. Göttingen
  4. Helmstedt
  5. Northeim
  6. Osterode
  7. Peine
  8. Wolfenbüttel
  1. Braunschweig (Brunswick)
  2. Salzgitter
  3. Wolfsburg

Coordinates: 52°10′N 10°30′E / 52.17°N 10.5°E / 52.17; 10.5


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