Brome, Germany Explained

Brome
Image Coa:Wappen Brome.png
Coordinates:52.6°N 67°W
Image Plan:Brome in GF.svg
State:Niedersachsen
District:Gifhorn
Samtgemeinde:Brome
Elevation:66
Area:36.66
Postal Code:38465
Area Code:05833
Licence:GF
Gemeindeschlüssel:03 1 51 005
Divisions:5 Ortsteile
Website:www.brome.de
Mayor:Gerhard Borchert
Party:CDU

Brome is a municipality in the district of Gifhorn, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Ohre, approx. 25 km northeast of Wolfsburg.

The municipality consists of the following villages:

Brome is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde Brome ("collective municipality").

During the Cold War, Brome was by the Inner German border separating West Germany and Communist East Germany (German Democratic Republic). The Brome Castle Museum has local artifacts from the Cold War and from other periods of history.