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- In 1142, Henry the Lion of the House of Welf became duke of Saxony and made Braunschweig the capital of his state (which, from 1156 on, also included the Duchy of Bavaria).
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Population size may be affected by changes in administrative divisions. Braunschweig has a population of 250,000 and is the 2nd largest city in Lower Saxony. Braunschweig is considered as one of the oldest cities in Germany, founded in 1031 by Henry the Lion. Braunschweig first reached its peak of over 100,000 in 1890.
- 75 m (246 ft)
- Germany
- 9th century
- Lower Saxony
The Duchy of Brunswick (German: Herzogtum Braunschweig) was a historical German state. Its capital was the city of Brunswick ( Braunschweig ). It was established as the successor state of the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel by the Congress of Vienna in 1815.
- Constitutional monarchy
- Evangelical Lutheran State Church in Brunswick
It became the capital of the Margraviate of Brandenburg in 1417, and later of Brandenburg-Prussia, and the Kingdom of Prussia. Prussia grew about rapidly in the 18th and 19th centuries and formed the basis of the German Empire in 1871. The empire would survive until 1918 when it was defeated in World War I .
Katelyn McGirr. Echoing a joke that made the rounds in Berlin in 1941, German resistance fighter Edith. Wolff remarked that “Germany is now called Braunschweig: one half is brown [Braun = Nazi. uniforms] and the other half is silent [schweig = silence].”1 This paper aims to create a dialogue.
- Katelyn McGirr
- 2016
The definition of Germany as a country is used in three senses. The first date is when Germany was recognized as a region, on February 2nd, 962 AD. The second date is January 18th, 1871 when Germany became a unified state. Finally, October 3rd, 1990 was when East Germany and West Germany were united to form the present Federal Republic of Germany.
Berlin divided. Greater Berlin was created in 1920 by fusing 7 districts, 59 country communities, and 27 landed estates into a single association. Twenty resultant districts (now 12) became integral parts of metropolitan Berlin but still remained largely autonomous.
Berlin, City and state (pop., 2002 est: city, 3,388,000; metro. area, 4,101,000), capital of Germany. Founded in the early 13th century, it was a member of the Hanseatic League in the 14th century. It became the residence of the Hohenzollerns and the capital of Brandenburg.