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Braunshausen

Coordinates: 51°6′51.18″N 8°40′47.68″E / 51.1142167°N 8.6799111°E / 51.1142167; 8.6799111
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Braunshausen
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Braunshausen is located in Germany
Braunshausen
Braunshausen
Braunshausen is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Braunshausen
Braunshausen
Coordinates: 51°6′51.18″N 8°40′47.68″E / 51.1142167°N 8.6799111°E / 51.1142167; 8.6799111
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionArnsberg
DistrictHochsauerlandkreis
TownHallenberg
Founded1474
Area
 • Total9.08 km2 (3.51 sq mi)
Highest elevation
405 m (1,329 ft)
Lowest elevation
356 m (1,168 ft)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total350
 • Density39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
59969
Dialling codes02984
Vehicle registrationHSK

Braunshausen is a village and a civil parish (Ortsteil) of the German town of Hallenberg, located in the Hochsauerlandkreis district in North Rhine-Westphalia. As of 2010 its population was of 350.[1]

History

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The village was founded in 1474. As the two other Ortsteil of Hallenberg Braunshausen was, until 1974, an autonomous municipality belonging to the former District of Brilon and to the Amt Hallenberg.

Geography

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Braunshausen is located in the south-eastern corner of the Hochsauerlandkreis, close to the borders with Hesse and to Rengershausen, a village belonging to the town of Frankenberg. It is 4,5 km far from Hallenberg.

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