"Old" Brunswick, Germany

(Português segue abaixo)

We live in New Brunswick. Who or what is a "brunswick"?  Where does this name come from?

My students know I like to "pull their legs" asking those from Fredericton who was Frederick, those from Charlottetown who was Charlotte, those from Halifax who was Halifax ...

The province of New Brunswick was founded in 1784 after a partition of Nova Scotia. It was named after the German city of Braunschweig (Brunswick in English), then located in the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg (current Lower Saxony). Its name was chosen to honour the reigning British monarch, George III, who was also Duke and prince-elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg ("Hanover") in the Holy Roman Empire. At that time, the British monarchy belonged to the House of Hannover, and King George was king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland  as well as of the Kingdom of Hanover, even though he never visited his German kingdom.

Therefore, as "good new brunswickers", there was nothing more natural then to visit Brunswick itself (Braunschweig). We did that on our way to Hanover.


Brunswick is a city of little over 250 thousand inhabitants. The city was badly damaged during WWII and part of its historic centre was rebuilt in the 1990s.

A few photos from Brunswick (Braunschweig), Germany. (see below)

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Vivemos em Nova Brunswick. Quem é ou o que é "brunswick"? De onde vem esse nome?

Meus alunos sabem que eu gosto de brincar com eles perguntando para quem mora em Fredericton quem foi Frederick, ou para quem mora Charlottetown que foi Charlotte, ou para os de Halifax quem foi Halifax ...

A província de New Brunswick foi fundada em 1784 após uma divisão da Nova Escócia. Foi nomeada após a cidade alemã de Braunschweig (Brunswick em inglês), localizado no Ducado de Brunswick-Lüneburg (atual Baixa Saxônia). Seu nome foi escolhido para homenagear o monarca britânico reinante, George III, que também era Duque e Principe-eleitor de Brunswick-Lüneburg ("Hanover") no Sacro Império Romano. Naquela época, a monarquia britânica pertencia à Casa de Hannover, e o rei George era o rei do Reino Unido da Grã-Bretanha e da Irlanda, bem como do Reino de Hanôver, mesmo que nunca tivesse visitado seu reino alemão.

Portanto, como "bons novos brunswickers", não havia nada mais natural que visitar Brunswick (Braunschweig). Nós fizemos isso no caminho para Hanover.

Brunswick é uma cidade de pouco mais de 250 mil habitantes. A cidade ficou gravemente danificada durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial e parte de seu centro histórico foi reconstruído na década de 1990.

Algumas fotos de Brunswick (Braunschweig), Alemanha.

 Burgsplatz

 Braunschweiger Dom (Cathedral) (photo: Denise Puget)
Catedral

Schloss (Palace) Arkaden (nowadays, a shopping mall)
Palácio Arkaden, atualmente, um shopping center

 Stadt Braunschweig (City Hall) (photo: Denise Puget)
Prefeitura

Old city (photo: Denise Puget)
Cidade Velha


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