BRAUNSCHWEIG (REGION)

'Braunschweig' (sometimes in English 'Brunswick') is one of the four former administrative regions (Regierungsbezirke) of Lower Saxony, Germany, located in the southeast of the state. The region covers roughly the area of the former state of Brunswick-Lüneburg. It was dissolved in 2004.
The region of Braunschweig is the most R&D-intensive area in the whole European Economic Area investing a whopping 7.1% of its GDP for research & technology. (Eurostat, 2006)

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Districts from 1978 to 2004

Districts from 1978 to 2004

''Kreise'' (districts)	''Kreisfreie Städte'' (district-free towns)
# Gifhorn # Goslar # Göttingen # Helmstedt # Northeim # Osterode # Peine # Wolfenbüttel	# Braunschweig (''Brunswick'') # Salzgitter # Wolfsburg