Municipality Basic data Type of municipality City Location Germany » Lower-Saxony » Kreisfreie Stadt » Braunschweig Industrial and commercial area* 723 ha Municipal area* 192,70 km² Urbanization* densely populated Population Population* 252 066 Unemployment rate (in district)* 5,8 % Retail purchasing power* 6 564 €/Einwohner/Jahr Infrastructure Motorway Motorway (distance) 2 km Motorway junction Braunschweig-Weststadt (A391) Nearby motorways A2 A36 A39 A391 A392 Airport Airport (distance) 60 km Name of airport Flughafen Hannover Port Port (distance) 6 km Name of port Hafen Braunschweig Port type Inland port Modality trimodal Waters Mittellandkanal Freight village Freight village (distance) 9 km Name of freight village GVZ Salzgitter Modality trimodal Taxes, labour costs and qualification Excise tax Level of business tax 450 % (municipal rate) Level of land tax B 500 % (municipal rate) Level of labour costs (in the federal state) Production industry 41,60 €/h Service industry 33,48 €/h Qualification of labour (in the district) Academic education 33 % Vocational training 48 % Without training 12 % Contact City BraunschweigMy|BusinessLocation Kundenservice Kontaktformular Standortprofile Website Add