Brome | |
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Municipality | |
Coat of arms | |
Location of Brome within Gifhorn district | |
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Coordinates: 52°36′N 10°57′E / 52.600°N 10.950°E / 52.600; 10.950 | |
Country | Germany |
State | Lower Saxony |
District | Gifhorn |
Municipal assoc. | Brome |
Subdivisions | 5 Ortsteile |
Government | |
• Mayor | Gerhard Borchert (CDU) |
Area | |
• Total | 36.66 km (14.15 sq mi) |
Elevation | 66 m (217 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 3,304 |
• Density | 90/km (230/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 38465 |
Dialling codes | 05833 |
Vehicle registration | GF |
Website | www.brome.de |
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:
- Altendorf
- Benitz
- Brome
- Wiswedel
- Zicherie
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.
References
- "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
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