Braunschweig (sometimes in English Brunswick) is one of the four 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.
The region of Braunschweig is situated on the North German plain and in the northern foothills of the Harz Mts.
The duchy of Braunschweig emerged (13th cent.) from the remnants of the domains of Henry the Lion, the duke of Saxony, to whom Emperor Frederick I had left only the territories of Braunschweig and LUneburg (roughly modern Braunschweig and Hanover).
Braunschweig (the former capital), Goslar, Helmstedt, and WolfenbUttel were the chief towns.
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