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 at situated at the federal highways 4 and 27. Map of Germany showing Goslar Goslar is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... With an area of 47,618 km and nearly eight million inhabitants, Lower Saxony (German Niedersachsen) lies in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the countrys sixteen Bundesl nder (federal states). ... The Harz is a mountain range in northern Germany. ... The Brocken, or Blocksberg, is the highest peak (1142 meters) in the Germany, between the rivers Weser and Elbe. ...

In the year 2004 Braunlage had 5476 inhabitants.

• Geographical coordinates:
  • 51° 43′ 60″ N 10° 37′ 0″ E (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=51_43_60_N_10_37_0_E_)
• postal zip code: 38700

Braunlage nowadays mostly survives on tourism, particularly ski tourists. Good ski resorts nearby are the Sonnenberg and the lopes on the Brocken.

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. (13th century - 14th century - 15th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 14th century was that century which lasted from 1301 to 1400. ...

In 1963 it became the location of the longest aerial tramway (of Northern Germany), with a length of 1362 meters and a height difference of 250 meters to the mountain station on the Wurmberg mountain. Cable car at Zell am See in the Austrian Alps. ...

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