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Achtermann House

Achtermannsches Haus (Braunschweig Stadtmarketing GmbH / A. Bormann)

Very well preserved example of Braunschweig stone architecture from the 17th century with elaborately designed portal and bay more...

Alte Knochenhauer Straße

Houses dating back to the 15th century with lavishly constructed facades more...

Altes Zoll- und Landwehrhaus (Old Customs and Civilian Militia House)

Altes Zoll- und Landwehrhaus (Braunschweig Stadtmarketing GmbH / Rothe)

Last magnificent building of medieval half-timbered architecture in Braunschweig more...

Alte Waage (Old Scales)

Alte Waage (Braunschweig Stadtmarketing GmbH / Rothe)

This weighing and storage building of the purlieus Neustadt dating back to 1534 was rebuilt after World War II in its original design more...

Altstadtmarkt (Old Town Square)

There has been trading on this square for more than 700 years more...

Altstadtrathaus (Old Town Hall)

One of the most impressive medieval building monuments more...

Former Sugar Refinery ‘ARTmax’

This industrial monument of a former sugar refinery from 1858 is now a creative meeting point for culture and commerce more...

Dankwarderode Castle

Burg Dankwarderode (Braunschweig Stadmarketing GmbH / Sascha Gramann)

This used to be the residence of Henry the Lion more...

Lion Statue

Burglöwe auf dem Burgplatz (Braunschweig Stadtmarketing GmbH / Rothe)

Emblem of Henry the Lion and the first freestanding monument of the Middle Ages more...

Burgplatz (Castle Square)

This was the centre of power of the Guelphs in the 12th century. more...

St. Blasii Cathedral

Dom (Braunschweig Stadtmarketing GmbH / Rothe)

This Roman three-nave basilica was built in 1173 and is the burial place of Henry the Lion and Emperor Otto IV. more...

Cathedral and St. Magni Cemetery

Many of Braunschweig´s famous personalities are buried here. more...

Echternstraße

This was formerly home to the Stobwasser lacquerware factory and a preacher’s widow’s house more...

Eulenspiegel Fountain

Eulenspiegelbrunnen (Braunschweig Stadtmarketing GmbH / Bormann)

In memory of the joker Till Eulenspiegel it stands as a symbol for his indestructible and laughing acceptance of life. more...

St. Martini Cemetery

Famous people from Braunschweig are buried here. more...

Gewandhaus (Cloth Hall)

Gewandhaus (Braunschweig Stadtmarketing GmbH / Hachmeister)

Formerly the storage and sales building of the distinguished cloth merchant’s guild it is today the seat of the local chamber of commerce and industry more...

Martino-Katharineum Grammar School

This oldest school in Braunschweig has its roots in the Latin schools Martineum and Katharineum that were founded in 1415 more...

Happy RIZZI House

These laughing and colourful towers by the New York artist James Rizzi present themselves as an accessible building sculpture more...

Haus zur Hanse

The carved wave design on the beams of this former residential and office building dates back to the year 1567. more...

Library of the College of Fine Arts and Design (HBK)

A new library for the Hochschule für Bildende Künste was constructed out of elements from the Mexican pavilion from the EXPO 2000. more...

Heinrich Fountain

Bronzefigur Heinrichsbrunnen (Braunschweigstadtmarketing GmbH / okerlandarchiv)

This bronze figure of Duke Henry the Lion was shown at the World Exhibition in Vienna in 1873 more...

Herrendorftwete on the Magnitor

Herrendorftwete (Braunschweig Stadtmarketing GmbH / okerlandarchiv)

The house with the number 1 in Gothic design was built before 1490 more...

Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum

Founded in the year 1754 this outstanding collection is the oldest public museum in Germany more...

Behind the Church of St. Magnus (Hinter der Magni-Kirche)

On this tranquil square a piece of the old Braunschweig has been preserved more...

Huneborstelsches House

Huneborstelsches Haus (Braunschweig Stadtmarketing GmbH / Rothe)

This house is an example of the second building period in Braunschweig that was influenced by bourgeois art. more...

Jakob Kemenate (Jakob Bower)

Jakob-Kemenate (Braunschweig Stadtmarketing GmbH / Jürgen Bansmann)

The first German bank was opened in 1765 in this old brick building dating back to 1250. more...

Old Bowers

Medieval stone buildings from the 12th to 14th century more...

Kleine Burg (Little Castle)

This is one of the few preserved old streets in Braunschweig. more...

Minster Riddagshausen

This district with its minster, the manor and the lake area (that was declared a nature reserve) is a graphic example of the achievements and the work of the monks. more...

Kohlmarkt (Coal Market)

Brunnen auf dem Kohlmarkt (Braunschweig Stadtmarketing GmbH / okerlandarchiv)

These historical facades are reflections of a rich history. more...

Kröppelstraße

This library of the Andreas Church that was completed in 1422 is an impressive example of redbrick Gothic architecture. more...

Leisewitz House

This was the residence of the playwright Johann Anton Leisewitz for many years more...

Löwenwall/Obelisk

Löwenwall mit Obelisk (Braunschweig Stadtmarketing GmbH / Sascha Gramann)

This 22 metres high obelisk reminds us of the Dukes Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand and Friedrich Wilhelm. more...

Magniviertel (Magni District)

Delightful little alleys with pretty half-timbered buildings give this historical district a cosy atmosphere more...

Marien Fountain

Marienbrunnen (Braunschweig Stadtmarketing GmbH / Rothe)

A unique example of late Gothic craftsmanship from the year 1408 more...

Michaelis Hof (Michaelis Court)

Michaelishof (Braunschweig Stadtmarketing GmbH / Rothe)

This court highlights the romance, nostalgia and real craftsmanship of this medieval city district more...

Neustadtrathaus (New Town Hall)

The ‘Princely Assembly of the Schmalkaldische Alliance’ that took place in 1538 was one of the highlights in the history of this building. more...

Othilien Quarter, Ägidienstraße

Othilienviertel (Braunschweig Stadtmarketing GmbH / Bormann)

Only the house Ägidienstraße 5 remains of this modest quarter with its densely packed half-timbered buildings more...

Ottmer Building – Old Train Station

The first German State railway from Braunschweig to Wolfenbüttel left from this station. more...

Quadriga

On the portico of the recently rebuilt Ducal Palace you find Europe’s biggest quadriga with the town goddess Brunonia as the charioteer. more...

Rathaus (Town Hall)

Rathaus-Altbau (Braunschweig Stadtmarketing GmbH / okerlandarchiv)

This sign of municipal self-government was built in Neo-gothic style in 1894 more...

Rider Statues

Carl Wilhelm Ferdinand of Braunschweig (1735-1806), Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and Friedrich Wilhelm (1771-1815), Duke of Braunschweig and Lüneburg in front of the Ducal Palace more...

Residenzschloss (Ducal Palace)

This residential palace of the Guelphs was reconstructed in its original location and in its original size using old design plans and historical photographs more...

Salve Hospes House

Haus "Salves Hospes" (Braunschweig Stadtmarketing GmbH / Bormann)

Built in 1805 by Peter Joseph Krahe this building is nowadays used for art exhibitions more...

Column ‘2000 years of christendom’

This nine metre high bronze column depicts the history of Christendom by combining many single sculptures. more...

Schloss Richmond (Richmond Palace)

Duke Carl Wilhelm Ferdinand built this excellent example of late Baroque architecture for his wife Auguste. more...

Spohrplatz 7

Louis Spohr-Haus (Braunschweig Stadtmarketing GmbH / Rothe)

Birth place of the composer Louis Spohr. more...

St. Aegidien Church and Aegidien Monastery

House of worship of the former Benedictine order. more...

St. Andreas Church

St. Andreas (Braunschweig Stadtmarketing GmbH / Bormann)

Highest church tower in the city more...

St. Katharinen Church/Hagenmarkt (Hagen Square)

Heinrichsbrunnen mit St. Katharinen (Braunschweig Stadtmarketing GmbH)

The parish church of St. Katharinen towers over Hagenmarkt. more...

St. Magni Church

St. Magni (Braunschweig Stadtmarketing GmbH / Rothe)

The name Braunschweig (Brunesguik) was first mentioned in documents in this church more...

St. Martini Church

This church was built as the parish church of the purlieus Altstadt in the 12th century. more...

St. Michaelis Church

St. Michaelis (Braunschweig Stadtmarketing GmbH / Taylor)

This church was very close to the old trade route from Frankfurt to Hamburg more...

St. Petri Church

St. Petri (Braunschweig Stadtmarketing GmbH / okerlandarchiv)

This has been rebuilt several times after numerous fires. more...

St. Ulrici-Brüdern Church

St. Ulrici (Braunschweig Stadtmarketing GmbH / Bormann)

Former monastery of the Franciscans more...

Staatstheater (State Theatre) of Braunschweig – Cimiotti Fountain

Lessing’s ‘Emilia Galotti’ and Gothe’s ‘Faust I’ had their world premieres here. more...

Municipal Museum (Städtisches Museum)

Städtisches Museum (Braunschweig Stadtmarketing GmbH / Taylor)

The Municipal Museum was founded in 1861. more...

Gieselerwall City Wall

These nearly 5 metres high wall remains were part of the oldest fortifications of the city more...

Stechinelli House

Stechninelli-Haus (Braunschweig Stadtmarketing GmbH)

Francesco Capellini, also called Stechninelli, built this house in 1690 more...

Stiftherrenhäuser (Canon’s Residences)

Stiftsherrenhäuser (Braunschweig Stadtmarketing GmbH / Bormann)

These canon’s residences were built in the 15th century by the monastery St. Blasii more...

Hutfiltern and Damm

Straßenzug Hutfiltern/Damm (Braunschweig Stadtmarketing GmbH / okerlandarchiv)

Felt hat (‘hut’ in German) makers gave this street its name more...

Synagogue

This synagogue in Knochenhauerstraße was inaugurated in 1875 more...

Theatre Bridge

At night time over 400 little lights bath this bridge in a red and yellow glow. more...

Viewegsches Verlagshaus (Vieweg Publishing House)

Viewegsches Verlagshaus (Braunschweig Stadtmarketing GmbH / okerlandarchiv)

This old publishing building now hosts the Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum (State Museum). more...

Von Veltheimsches Haus

Viewegsches Verlagshaus (Braunschweig Stadtmarketing GmbH / Rothe)

Ministerialenhof der Familie von Veltheim more...

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