Brunswick Republic
the former Duchy of Brunswick, in Germany, consists of five detached portions of territory on the rivers Weser, Leine, Ocker, and Aller. It occupies part of the vast BRUNSWICK plain which stretches from the foot of the the Baltic, with a portion of the rise of those chains on the N. side. The largest portion contains the districts of Wolfenbüttel and Schöningen, in which the cities are situated. Two small detached porare situated. Two small detached portions of territory, viz., the circles of tions of territory, viz., the circles of Thedinghausen on the Weser, and that of overian territory, and form part, the for- mer of the Weser district, the latter of overian territory, and form part, the former of the Weser district, the latter of the Leine district. Finally, the detached Prussian province of Saxony, belongs to has an area of 1,418 square miles. The inhabitants are mostly engaged in agricultural and mining pursuits. Iron is the chief product of the mines worked in tricts. Pop. about 495,000. On Nov. 9, 1918, a popular uprising forced the abdication of the reigning Duke, and Brunswick was proclaimed an independent state.