Braunschweig (;
Low German:
Brunswiek ), also called
Brunswick in English, is a city of 250,556 people, located in the state of
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. A powerful and influential centre of commerce in medieval Germany, Braunschweig was a member of the
Hanseatic League from the 13th until the 17th century, and the capital of the state of
Brunswick until its disestablishment in 1946. Today, Braunschweig is the second largest city in Lower Saxony and a major centre of
scientific research and development.
