Visit Braunschweig The Lion City of Germany!

Die Loewenstadt - Germany's Medieval Lion City, Braunschweig (Brunswick)! We're in Nicole's hometown - join us in this town from the Middle Ages, and, walk its cobble streets.
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Today we take a quick look at the city in which Nicole was born and grew up - Braunschweig (aka Brunswick - namesake of New Brunswick and many other towns and cities throughout the world)!
We begin in the Burgplatz (Castle Place), surrounded by stunning Medieval architecture... Many of the buildings have stood here for centuries - the Lion or Loewe in the centre of the square was created in the 12th century! The one we can see here today is a more recent arrival - the real sculpture, made in the Middle-Ages, was moved a number of times to keep it safe from falling bombs and, more recently, environmental damage. Now-a-days, the Braunschweiger Löwe (pronounced 'loo'v'eh) can be found inside the Burg Dankwarderode - you'll see!
Some of the buildings here look like they have been here forever, but a few have been relocated here from nearby towns. Braunschweig Dom aka St. Blasii (Cathedral) - shown in the opening shots, and where the bell tower rings out - has stood here since 1195! Only a few years after the Lion itself was cast in Bronze. The Dom is also the resting place of Henry the Lion and Emperor Otto IV.
We'll show you around the Burgplatz and inside a few of the buildings... Handwerkskammer (Guild's Building), the Burg Dankwarderode, where the original lion from 1164, can be seen among many Medieval treasures!
We also pop by a few places of interest in the city - Altstadtmarkt (the Old Town Market), Kohlmarkt (Coal Market), and we visit one of the cities most memorable characters who, it is said, tricked the town's shoemakers and bakers of the city around 1325... Till Eulenspiegel, who is the protagonist in many folktales from Germany, is though to have been a real person who lived in Lower Saxony in the early part of the 14th Century!
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