Nueva Braunau (lit. New Braunau) is a Chilean village located in the commune of

Puerto Varas Puerto Varas, also known as "La ciudad de las rosas" or “the city of roses”, is a city and commune located in the southern Chilean province of Llanquihue, in the Los Lagos Region. The city is famous for its German traditions, its natural env ...

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. It was founded mostly by Austro-Hungarian settlers (later called as Sudeten Germans) from Braunau, Bohemia (current

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) on 15 August 1877. The settlement originated as part of the German colonization of Valdivia, Osorno and Llanquihue.

External links

Information about New Braunau on the website of the Municipality of Puerto Varas
(in Spanish)

References

{{Authority control Populated places in Llanquihue Province Populated places established in 1877 Chile–Czech Republic relations 1877 establishments in Chile