Braunlage
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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.
In the year 2006 Braunlage had 5091 inhabitants.
- postal zip code: 38700
Nowadays Braunlage's main business is tourism, particularly ski tourists. Good ski resorts nearby are the Sonnenberg and the slopes on the Wurmberg.
[edit] Sports
The local hockey team 'Harzer Wölfe' is an important part of the northern German Ice Hockey Culture.
[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 1362 meters and a height difference of 250 meters to the mountain station on the Wurmberg mountain.
On 7 May, 1964 Gerhard Zucker demonstrated on the Hasselkopf hill a flight of mail rockets. One of these rockets exploded, killing three people.
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