Braunlage

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Country:	Germany
Braunlage

Coordinates:	51° 44′ N, 10° 37′ E
Time zone:	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Administration
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.

1 Geography
- 1.1 City districts
2 History
- 2.1 Demographics
3 Politics
- 3.1 Town council
4 Culture and sights
- 4.1 Sports
5 External links

[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.