The history of Wolfenbüttel
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Wolfenbüttel was mentioned for the first time in 1118. A first settlement may have been founded in the 10th century, when the first settlers settled on an island of the Oker River around a moated castle. The lords belonged to the dynasty of Wulferesbutle, which gave the town its name.
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