Braunschweig (German pronunciation: [ˈbraʊnʃvaɪk]), known as Brunswiek [ˈbrɔˑnsviːk] in Low German, is a city of 245,810 people (as of 31 December 2007), located in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located north of the Harz mountains at the farthest navigable point of the Oker river, which connects to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser. The historic English name for Braunschweig is Brunswick.
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Braunschweig (German pronunciation: [ˈbraʊnʃvaɪk]), known as Brunswiek [ˈbrɔˑnsviːk] in Low German, is a city of 245,810 people (as of 31 December 2007), located in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located north of the Harz mountains at the farthest navigable point of the Oker river, which connects to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser. The historic English name for Braunschweig is Brunswick.
The offices of the German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation (BFU) are located in Braunschweig.
The date and circumstances of the town's foundation are unknown. Tradition maintains that Braunschweig was created through the merger of two settlements, one founded by Bruno II, a Saxon count who died before 1017 on one side of the river Oker - the legend gives the year 861 for the foundation - and the other the settlement of Count Dankward, after whom the still surviving Castle Dankwarderode (Dankward's clearing) is named. The town's original name of Brunswik is a combination of...
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