The Duchy of Brunswick was a historical German state. Its capital was the city of Brunswick .
It was established as the successor state of the Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel by the Congress of Vienna in 1815. In the course of the 19th-century history of Germany, the duchy was part of the German Confederation, the North German Confederation and from 1871 the German Empire. It was disestablished after the end of World War I, its territory incorporated into the Weimar Republic as the Free State of Brunswick.
The Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel in 1645
William VIII ruled the Duchy of Brunswick for more than 50 years (1830–1884).
Ernest Augustus, the last Duke of Brunswick
Wolfenbüttel Castle
Braunschweig or Brunswick is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser. In 2016, it had a population of 250,704.
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Image: Braunschweig Alte Waage
Image: Happy Rizzi House Mai 2014
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