Brunswick (Braunschweig): Germany
Braunschweig [?braun?vaik] (English: Brunswick) is a city of 245,500 people (as of December 31, 2004), located in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located north of the Harz mountains at the farthest navigable point of the Oker river, which connects to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser.
Sights in Brunswick – Castle (built by Henry the Lion, 12th century) – Cathedral (built from 1173; Henry the Lion is buried here) – Altstadtmarkt (“old town market”), surrounded by the old town hall and the Martinikirche (church Saint Martin, 1195) – Aegidienkirche (church Saint Aegidius, 1115), with an adjoining monastery, which is today a museum – The “Rizzi-Haus”, a highly distinctive, cartoonish office building designed by architect James Rizzi.
The “Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum”, an important art museum and the oldest museum in Germany (founded 1754)
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Wolfsburg: Germany
Wolfsburg is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located on the River Aller northeast of Braunschweig (Brunswick). Wolfsburg is bordered by the districts of Gifhorn and Helmstedt. Population: 122,800 (1999). Car registration symbol: WOB.
The city is very young, since it was planned by the Nazis in order to build a town for the workers of the Volkswagen factories. It was founded in 1938 as Stadt des KdF-Wagens ("City of the KdF Car") around the village of Hesslingen in the District of Gifhorn. Kraft durch Freude (abbreviated KdF and meaning "strength through joy") was the German state-controlled leisure
Salzgitter: Germany
Salzgitter is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. Located just a few kilometres south of Braunschweig, the modern city was founded in 1942 by the Nazis by uniting 29 small communities into one city. Two more were added in 1972. Since these villages were not necessarily particularly close to each other, and since the land in between them was also incorporated, Salzgitter is today the largest city (in terms of surface area) in Lower Saxony. Population: 108,614 (Sept. 2004).
In medieval times there were salines at the place and villages where the salt was mined. Salzgitter received a town charter
Siegen: Germany
Siegen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the capital of the district Siegen-Wittgenstein. As of December 31, 2003 it has a population of 106,143.
Twinned cities:
Berlin-Spandau, Germany, since 1952
Rijnsburg, the Netherlands, since 1963
Leeds, since 1966
Ypres, Belgium, since 1967
Zakopane, Poland, since 1989
Plauen, Saxony, Germany, since 1990
Bartoszyce listen? (German: Bartenstein) is a town on the ?yna river in northeastern Poland with 26,100 inhabitants (1995). Situated in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodship (since 1999), Bartoszyce was previously in Olsztyn Voivodship (1975-1998).
The Teutonic Order constructed a wooden castle at the site of Bartoszyce around 1270 and a stronger castle in 1274. Bartoszyce received city rights in 1326 from Dietrich von Altenburg; at the time the settlement was known as Rosenthal, or "rose valley." In 1332 Lother von Braunschweig confirmed the city rights and renamed the town Bartenstein. The town's name derives from the Old German Barte and Old Polish
Recklinghausen: Germany
Recklinghausen is a city in the Ruhr Area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With 123.562 inhabitants as of June 30, 2003 it is the capital of the district Recklinghausen.
