Braunschweig, also known as Brunswick, is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker. In 2025 it had a population of 255,500, and the wider Braunschweig-Wolfsburg-Salzgitter region had 1.02 million residents, the second largest urban center in Lower Saxony after Hanover. The urban agglomeration of Braunschweig had a population of 551,000, with more than 40 percent having a migration background, making it one of the most diverse urban agglomerations in the state.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Elevation (m) Latitude52.269167 degrees north 2 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Braunschweig (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, population
population = 272417
- In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. Braunschweig (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 52.269167, longitude 10.521111
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 75 m
P2046 (area)
area 192.13 sq km
P571 (inception)
inception 861
View the Source3. GeoNames: Braunschweig - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2945024
52.26594 10.52673 P PPLA3 DE 06 00 03101 03101000 244715 72 Europe/Berlin
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 72 m
View the Source 4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 52.25, 10.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 52.25, 10.75
52.25 10.75 Cfb
Wikidata: Braunschweig
Wikidata Q2773, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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