Duchy of Brunswick
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The Duchy of Brunswick was a historical German state that ceased to exist in 1918. Its capital was the city of Brunswick. It was established as the successor state of the Principality of Brunswick-Wol
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
Brunswick Palace
Free State of Brunswick
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The Free State of Brunswick was a German state during the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany. It was formed after the abolition of the Duchy of Brunswick in the early days of the German revolution of 19
Duchy of Brunswick
…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 title "Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg" (German: Herzog zu Braunschweig und Lüneburg) was held, from 1235 on, by various members of the Welf (Guelph…
Brunswicks's Landtag building
Sculpture of Heinrich Jasper, Brunswick's first minister-president. He died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp on 19 February 1945.
Adolf Hitler and Anton Franzen in Braunschweig
Aerial photograph of bomb-damaged central Braunschweig taken on 12 May 1945