Wolfenbüttel
Sign in to saveWolfenbüttel (; ) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, the administrative capital of Wolfenbüttel District. It is best known as the location of the internationally renowned Herzog August Library and for having the largest concentration of timber-framed buildings in Germany, numbering around 1,000. It is an episcopal see of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick. It is also home to the distillery, houses a campus of the Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences, and the of Lower Saxony.
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Wolfenbüttel is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, notable for housing the prestigious Herzog August Library and containing approximately 1,000 timber-framed buildings—the largest such concentration in the country. The town also serves as an administrative and religious center, hosting an episcopal seat of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, a university campus, and various cultural institutions.
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- 38300, 38302, 38304
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- Geography
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- Culture
- Twin towns – sister cities
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- Aristocracy
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Wolfenbüttel (; ) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, the administrative capital of Wolfenbüttel District. It is best known as the location of the internationally renowned Herzog August Library and for having the largest concentration of timber-framed buildings in Germany, numbering around 1,000. It is an episcopal see of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick. It is also home to the distillery, houses a campus of the Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences, and the of Lower Saxony.
==Geography== The town center is located at an elevation of on the Oker river near the confluence with its Altenau tributary, about south of Brunswick and southeast of the state capital Hannover. Wolfenbüttel is situated about half-way between the Harz mountain range in the south and the Lüneburg Heath in the north. The Elm-Lappwald Nature Park and the Asse hill range stretch east and southeast of the town.