Braunschweig (region)

Infobox German Regierungsbezirk
name = Braunschweig


state = Lower Saxony
capital = Braunschweig
area = 8098.5
population = 1659396
population_as_of = 30 Sep. 2004
dissolved = 2004-12-31
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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. Founded in 1978 out of Verwaltungsbezirk Braunschweig, it was dissolved in 2004.

The region of Braunschweig is the most R&D-intensive area in the whole European Economic Area investing 7.1% of its GDP for research & technology. [http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-NS-06-006/EN/KS-NS-06-006-EN.PDF (Eurostat, 2006)]

Districts from 1978 to 2004

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