Braunlage
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| Braunlage | |
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| Time zone: | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
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| Country: | Germany |
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| State: | Lower Saxony |
| District: | Goslar |
| City subdivisions: | 3 districts |
| Mayor: | Stefan Grote (SPD) |
| Basic Statistics | |
| Area: | 21.70 km² (8 sq.mi.) |
| Population: | 5,091 (30 June 2006) |
| - Density: | 235 /km² (608 /sq.mi.) |
| Elevation: | 560 m (1837 ft) |
| Further Information | |
| Postal code: | 38700 |
| Area code: | 05520 |
| Licence plate code: | GS |
| Website: | www.stadt-braunlage.de |
Braunlage is a health resort in the Goslar district in Lower Saxony in Germany. It lies in the Harz region, south of the Brocken mountain. Braunlage is situated at the federal highways 4 and 27.
Nowadays Braunlage's main business is tourism, particularly ski tourists. Good ski resorts nearby are the Sonnenberg and the slopes on the Wurmberg.
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[edit] Geography
[edit] City districts
- Braunlage
- Hohegeiß
- Königskrug
[edit] History
Braunlage started out as a pit settlement in the forest in the 14th century, which was revived in 1561. In the 17th century it was a small market town, finally in 1934 it received municipal status as a health resort.
In 1963 it became the location of the longest gondola lift (of Northern Germany), with a length of 2.8 kilometers and a height difference of 400 meters to the mountain station on the Wurmberg mountain, see Wurmberg Aerial Tramway.
On 7 May, 1964 Gerhard Zucker demonstrated on the Hasselkopf hill a flight of mail rockets. One of these rockets exploded, killing three people.
[edit] Demographics
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[edit] Politics
[edit] Town council
2006 local elections:
[edit] Culture and sights
[edit] Sports
The local hockey team Harzer Wölfe is an important part of the northern German Ice Hockey Culture.
[edit] External links
- Braunlage Tourism (German)
- Braunlage at the Open Directory Project (suggest site)
Altenau | Bad Harzburg | Braunlage | Clausthal-Zellerfeld | Goslar | Hahausen | Langelsheim | Liebenburg | Lutter am Barenberge | Sankt Andreasberg | Schulenberg im Oberharz | Seesen | Vienenburg | Wallmoden | Wildemann
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