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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.
Nowadays Braunlage's main business is tourism, particularly ski tourists. Good ski resorts nearby are the Sonnenberg and the slopes on the Wurmberg.
[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 town privileges and the 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
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1821 |
1,691 |
| 1848 |
2,473 |
| 1871 |
2,288 |
| 1885 |
2,489 |
| 1905 |
3,408 |
| 1925 |
4,520 |
|
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1933 |
4,893 |
| 1939 |
4,981 |
| 1946 |
9,489 |
| 1950 |
9,334 |
| 1956 |
7,523 |
|
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1961 |
7,163 |
| 1968 |
7,716 |
| 1970 |
7,249 |
| 1975 |
7,266 |
| 1980 |
7,140 |
|
| Year |
Inhabitants |
| 1985 |
6,776 |
| 1990 |
6,148 |
| 1995 |
5,998 |
| 2000 |
5,476 |
| 2005 |
5,142 |
|
[edit] Politics
[edit] Town council
2006 local elections:
- CDU: 7 seats
- SPD: 5 seats
- Bürgerliste: 4 seats
[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
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[edit] References
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