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Braunlage
Town
Braunlage about 1900
Braunlage about 1900
Coat of arms of Braunlage
Coat of arms
Location of Braunlage within Goslar district
Clausthal-ZellerfeldBraunlageClausthal-ZellerfeldClausthal-ZellerfeldSeesenLiebenburgLangelsheimGoslarGoslarBraunlageBraunlageBad HarzburgLangelsheimClausthal-ZellerfeldGoslar (district)Lower SaxonyWolfenbüttel (district)SalzgitterWolfenbüttel (district)Hildesheim (district)Northeim (district)Göttingen (district)ThuringiaSaxony-Anhaltgemeindefreies Gebiet Harz
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictGoslar
Subdivisions3 districts
Government
 • MayorStefan Grote (SPD)
Area
 • Total31.55 km2 (12.18 sq mi)
Elevation
560 m (1,840 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[1]
 • Total5,585
 • Density180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
38700
Dialling codes05520
Vehicle registrationGS, BRL, CLZ
Websitewww.braunlage.org

Braunlage is a town and health resort in the Goslar district in Lower Saxony in Germany. It lies within the Harz mountain range, south of the Brocken. Braunlage's main business is tourism, particularly ski tourists. Nearby ski resorts include the Sonnenberg and the slopes on the Wurmberg.

Geography

The town consists of three districts:

Climate

Climate data for Braunlage
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 13.9
(57.0) 		15.1
(59.2) 		19.8
(67.6) 		25.9
(78.6) 		28.1
(82.6) 		30.8
(87.4) 		32.6
(90.7) 		32.8
(91.0) 		30.3
(86.5) 		24.3
(75.7) 		18.8
(65.8) 		14.1
(57.4) 		32.8
(91.0)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) −0.3
(31.5) 		2.5
(36.5) 		4.8
(40.6) 		9.4
(48.9) 		14.3
(57.7) 		17.5
(63.5) 		19.0
(66.2) 		18.7
(65.7) 		15.7
(60.3) 		10.2
(50.4) 		4.4
(39.9) 		1.1
(34.0) 		9.8
(49.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −5.2
(22.6) 		−4.9
(23.2) 		−2.3
(27.9) 		1.1
(34.0) 		5.4
(41.7) 		8.4
(47.1) 		10.5
(50.9) 		10.4
(50.7) 		7.8
(46.0) 		3.8
(38.8) 		0.0
(32.0) 		−3.2
(26.2) 		2.7
(36.8)
Record low °C (°F) −23.9
(−11.0) 		−25.6
(−14.1) 		−18.0
(−0.4) 		−11.0
(12.2) 		−4.1
(24.6) 		−0.6
(30.9) 		2.7
(36.9) 		2.6
(36.7) 		−0.4
(31.3) 		−8.2
(17.2) 		−14.0
(6.8) 		−22.8
(−9.0) 		−25.6
(−14.1)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 130
(5.1) 		118
(4.6) 		80
(3.1) 		85
(3.3) 		80
(3.1) 		98
(3.9) 		126
(5.0) 		105
(4.1) 		97
(3.8) 		112
(4.4) 		116
(4.6) 		118
(4.6) 		1,265
(49.6)
Source: [1]; [2]

Transportation

Braunlage is situated at the Bundesstraßen B4 running from Braunschweig to Nordhausen and B27 from Blankenburg to Göttingen.

Local buses provide service between Braunlage and the nearby communities of Bad Harzburg, Sankt Andreasberg, Schierke, Wernigerode, Hohegeiß, Bad Sachsa, Nordhausen, Bad Lauterberg, Herzberg, and Clausthal-Zellerfeld. [3]

Braunlage used to be served by the South Harz Railway Company, but service was cut in 1958.

History

Braunlage started out as a pit settlement in the forest first mentioned as brunenlohe in a 1253 deed, which was revived, when the Counts of Blankenburg established an ironworks in 1561. With the County Braunlage fell to the Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel in 1599. In the 17th century it was a small market town, in 1934 it received town privileges and 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 Gondola Lift.

On 7 May 1964 Gerhard Zucker demonstrated a flight of mail rockets on the Hasselkopf hill. One of these rockets exploded, killing three people.

Demographics

Population statistics
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

Politics

Wurmberg around 1900

Town council

2006 local elections:

  • CDU: 7 seats
  • SPD: 5 seats
  • Bürgerliste: 4 seats

Culture and sights

Sports

The local hockey team Harzer Wölfe is an important part of the northern German Ice Hockey Culture.

There were several ski jumps on the Wurmberg which hosted international competitions.

Sights

The Silberteich and the Hahnenkleeklippen on the way to Sankt Andreasberg are popular tourist destinations[citation needed].

The Dicke Tannen is a protected landscape of giant spruce trees near Hohegeiß.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Wilhelm Brandes (1854-1928), writer and philologist
  • Wilhelm Töllner (1879-1963), politician (SPD)

Personalities who have worked on the ground

Johann Georg von Langen around 1750
  • Johann Georg von Langen (1699-1776), forestry official and hunter, initiated the potato cultivation in Braunlage
  • Arthur Ulrichs (1838-1927), forester and ski pioneer

References

  1. ^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
  2. ^ Niedersächsisches Landesamt für Statistik. "Bevölkerungsfortschreibung" (in German).
  3. ^ "Öffentlicher Nahverkehr". Retrieved 4 October 2016.
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