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Braunschweig - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (901 words) |
 | Braunschweig was a member of the Hanseatic League from the 13th century to the middle of the 17th century. |
| Braunschweig was a duchy until 1918, and afterwards a state within the Weimar Republic. |
| Braunschweig is famous for Till Eulenspiegel, a medieval mixture of a jester and a Robin Hood who played many practical jokes on its citizens. |
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| 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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