Where is Wolfenbüttel located?
Wolfenbüttel is a historic town in northern Germany (get some videos), in the heart of Europe.
- first settlements in the 10th century
- 1118 first offical documentary mention
- since 1255 in possession of the Guelf dukes
- castle built in 1432
- ducal residence until 1753/54
- famous historic library
- several hundred half-timbered houses
- appr. 53,000 inhabitants
- 12 km (8 miles) south of the city of Braunschweig (Brunswig)
- appr. 90 km (55 miles) east of Hannover (Hanover)
- appr. 220 km (140 miles) west of Berlin
- appr. 50 km (32 miles) north of the Harz mountains
- with the Brocken (1,142 meter) as the highest mountain