Braunschweig (region)

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Braunschweig
Disestablished: 2004-12-31

Map of Lower Saxony highlighting the former Regierungsbezirk of Braunschweig
State Lower Saxony
District seat Braunschweig
Area 8,098.5 km²
Population 1,659,396 (30 Sep. 2004)
Pop. density 205 /km²

Braunschweig (sometimes in English Brunswick) is one of the four former administrative regions (Regierungsbezirke) of Lower Saxony, Germany, located in the southeast of the state. The region covers roughly the area of the former state of Brunswick-Lüneburg. It was dissolved in 2004.

The region of Braunschweig is the most R&D-intensive area in the whole European Economic Area investing 7.1% of its GDP for research & technology. (Eurostat, 2006)

[edit] Districts from 1978 to 2004

Kreise
(districts)
Kreisfreie Städte
(district-free towns)
  1. Gifhorn
  2. Goslar
  3. Göttingen
  4. Helmstedt
  5. Northeim
  6. Osterode
  7. Peine
  8. Wolfenbüttel
  1. Braunschweig (Brunswick)
  2. Salzgitter
  3. Wolfsburg