Braunschweig

Since the German reunification, the City of Braunschweig is again in the middle of Germany. It is more than 1000 years old, and was chosen by Henry the Lion as his place of residence during the middle of the 12th century. This initiated Braunschweig's development into a large medieval city with a cathedral and a castle. The city was an independent merchant town from the 13th century with connections all over Northern Europe until 1671, when it once again became a residence city. The Collegium Carolinum that is now known as the Technical University Carolo-Wilhelmina at Braunschweig was founded in this period, in 1745. Therefore, TU Braunschweig is Germany's oldest technical university and looks back on a two and a half century tradition of academic teaching and research.

More information at:

Official City site
Wikipedia Page