Brunswick Explained

Brunswick is the historical English name for the German city of Braunschweig (Low German: Brunswiek, Braunschweig dialect: Bronswiek).

Brunswick may also refer to:

Places and other topographs

Australia

• Brunswick, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne
  • Brunswick railway station, Melbourne
• Electoral district of Brunswick, an electoral district in Victoria
• Brunswick Junction, Western Australia, a town near Bunbury
• Brunswick Heads, a town on the North Coast of New South Wales

Canada

• New Brunswick, province in the Maritimes
  • Brunswick Parish, New Brunswick, in Queens County
• Brunswick Mountain, North Shore Mountains, British Columbia
• Brunswick House First Nation, Ontario

Chile

• Brunswick Peninsula

Germany

• County of Brunswick, historic Saxon vassal county, elevated to Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg in 1235
• Brunswick-Lüneburg, historic German duchy since 1235
  • Brunswick-Bevern, a branch principality (1666–1735)
  • Brunswick-Calenberg, a branch principality (1485–1692/1708)
  • Brunswick-Celle, a branch principality (1269–1705)
  • Brunswick-Göttingen, a branch principality (1279–1463)
  • Brunswick-Grubenhagen, a branch principality (1291–1596)
  • Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, a branch principality (1269–1815), became the Duchy of Brunswick
• Brunswick Land, a German region surrounding the city of Braunschweig
• Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg, a historic state (1692/1708–1814), became the Kingdom of Hanover
• Duchy of Brunswick (1815–1918), became the Free State of Brunswick
• Free State of Brunswick (1918–1946)
• Braunschweig (region), also called "Brunswick" (1978–2004), historic German administrative region

United Kingdom

• Brunswick, Hove, East Sussex, England
• Brunswick railway station, Liverpool
• Brunswick, Manchester, an inner-city area of south Manchester, England, between Ardwick and Chorlton-on-Medlock
• Brunswick, Tyne and Wear, England
  • Brunswick Village, England
• Brunswick, West Midlands, England

United States

Counties

• Brunswick County, North Carolina
• Brunswick County, Virginia

Towns and Census-designated places

• Brunswick, Georgia, in Glynn County
• Brunswick, Indiana, in Lake County
• Brunswick, Clay County, Indiana
• Brunswick, Maine, in Cumberland County
  • Brunswick (CDP), Maine, census-designated place
  • Brunswick Station, Maine, former census-designated place
  • Naval Air Station Brunswick
• Brunswick, Maryland, in Frederick County
• Brunswick, Minnesota, in Kanabec County
• Brunswick, Missouri, in Chariton County
• New Brunswick, New Jersey, in Middlesex County
• Brunswick, New York, in Rensselaer County
• Brunswick, North Carolina, in Columbus County
• Brunswick, Ohio, in Medina County
• Brunswick, Wisconsin, in Eau Claire County
• Brunswick, Vermont, in Essex County

Townships

• Brunswick Township, Kanabec County, Minnesota, in Kanabec County
• Brunswick Township, Chariton County, Missouri
• East Brunswick Township, New Jersey, in Middlesex County
• North Brunswick Township, New Jersey, in Middlesex County
• South Brunswick Township, New Jersey, in Middlesex County
• East Brunswick Township, Pennsylvania
• West Brunswick Township, Pennsylvania
• Brunswick Hills Township, Ohio

Villages

• Brunswick, Michigan, in Muskegon County
• Brunswick, Nebraska, in Antelope County
• Brunswick, Tennessee, in Shelby County
• Brunswick, Virginia, in Nottoway County

Other

• Brunswick (Gary), a neighborhood in Gary, Indiana
• Brunswick Town State Historic Site, a historic ghost town in Brunswick County, North Carolina

People

• Brunswick-Bevern, extinct German dynasty
• John Moses Brunswick (1818–1886), founder of Brunswick Corporation
• Léon Brunschvicg (1869–1944), French philosopher
• Otto IV of Brunswick or Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1175 or 1176–1218) ruler of the Holy Roman Empire
• Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1735-1806), the "Duke of Brunswick", famous for the Battle of Auerstedt
• Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1771–1815), "The Black Duke", fought with the Duke of Wellington against Napoleon
• Hieronymus Brunschwig (c. 1450–c. 1512) German surgeon, alchemist, and botanist
• Roger E. Brunschwig (1891–1972), decorated colonel, activist

Companies

• Brunswick Corporation, an American industrial conglomerate
• Brunswick Records, an American record manufacturer and distributor

Ships

• Brunswick (ship), six merchant and whaling ships
• HMS Brunswick, three ships of the British Royal Navy
• USS Brunswick, four ships of the United States Navy

Other

• Brunswick (clothing), jacket-and-petticoat costume of the 18th century
• Brunswick Black, an old name for Japan black
• Brunswick Green, a dark shade
• Brunswick Manifesto, issued during the French Revolutionary Wars
• Brunswick School, Greenwich, Connecticut, US
• Brunswick stew
• Black Brunswickers, German volunteer corps in the Napoleonic Wars

See also

• • Brunsvigia
• Brunswik
• Brunšvik
• Braunschweig (disambiguation)
• Alfred Brunswig (1877–1929), a German philosopher
• Ronnie Brunswijk (1962–), Surinamese rebel leader