There is only 1 small section of the original 5m high city wall still standing which was built in the 12th/13th century. Most of the wall area has now been converted into parks.
The palace was heavily damaged in the war and was actually pulled down in 1960, then rebuilt as a shopping centre in 2004 using the original facade. They also re-made the 'Quadriga', 4 horses pulling a chariot with the Goddess Brunonia at the reins. It is cast in copper, stands 9m high and weighs 25.8t and is the largest in Europe.
Braunschweig had a rough time during the second world war and was one of the most heavily bombed cities in Germany, because of the armament factories here. It was bombed 42 times, with the last bombing in 1944 when 233 bombers dropped their loads destroying 90% of the city centre and causing a fire that burned for 2-3 days. Because of the fires, the 23,000 people in 5 of the 6 bunkers nearly died because they were running out of oxygen, but the fire fighters managed to create a water alley and only 1 group of people in the 6th bunker didnt survive. It took them 17 years to clear the rubble. The city was rebuilt rapidly but a lot of the original medieval city was cleared away to make room for cars, creating a 'second destruction' of Braunschweig.
Today Braunschweig still has some amazing buildings but it has a lot more very ordinary buildings as a result of the fast rebuild and limited amount of money.
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