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It is unknown when Wolfenbüttel was founded, but it was first mentioned in 1118 as water castle Wulferisbutle. Probably the first settlement was restricted to a tiny islet in the Oker river. Wolfenbüttel became a residence for the dukes of Brunswick in 1432. In the following three centuries the town was a centre of the arts. Michael Praetorius, Gottfried Leibniz and Gotthold Ephraim Lessing were residents of Wolfenbüttel. The Baroque Schloss remains, with its state apartments open as a museum, but in 1753 the ducal court moved to the city of Brunswick, and the town lost its importance. Today it is smaller than the neighbouring cities of Brunswick, Salzgitter and Wolfsburg, but it still retains its ancient character.

The library of Wolfenbüttel (Herzog August Bibliothek) is one of the best known collections of ancient books in the world. It is especially rich in bibles, incunabula and books of the Reformation period, with some 10,000 manuscripts. It was founded in 1572Events January 16 The Duke of Norfolk is tried for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England. April 1 The Sea Beggars, Netherlandish Calvinist rebels, capture the port city of Brielle. This leads to a wave of uprisings in and rehoused in an interpretation of the PantheonThe Pantheon is a building in Rome which was originally built as a temple to all the gods of the Roman state religion, but has been a Christian church since the 7th century AD. It is the only building from the Greco-Roman world which is completely intact in 1723, built facing the castle; the present library building was constructed in 18861886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) Events January 18 Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. January 29 Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile. March. Leibniz and Lessing worked in this library, Lessing as librarian. The Codex Carolinus in the library is one of the few remaining texts in GothicThe Gothic language gutiska razda 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺) is a Germanic language known to us by a translation of the Bible known as Codex Argenteus ("The Silver Bible") dating from the 4th century AD, of which some books su.

The Battle of Wolfenbüttel in the Thirty Years' WarGustavus Adolphus at the Battle of Breitenfeld (1631)The Thirty Years' War was a conflict fought between the years 1618 and 1648, principally in the central European territory of the Holy Roman Empire, but also involving most of the major continental powe, was fought here in June 1641, when the Swedes, under WrangelCarl Gustaf Wrangel ( December 23, 1613 July 5, 1676) was a Swedish soldier. He was the son of Herman Wrangel and was descended from a family of Baltic German origin, branches of which settled in Sweden, Russia and Germany. Carl Gustaf was born near Uppsa and the Count of Konigsmark , defeated the Austrians under the Archduke Leopold of HabsburgLeopold I Habsburg ( June 9, 1640- May 5, 1705), Holy Roman emperor, was the second son of the emperor Ferdinand III and his first wife Maria Anna, daughter of Philip III of Spain. Intended for the Church, he received a good education but his prospects we.

The headquarters of Mast- Jägermeister are in Wolfenbüttel.