Claim: Altenbrak ( a village and a former municipality in the district of Harz) was first mentioned in 1448 as a smelting site but might go further back to 1227, the last ironworks was closed in 1867.
Evidence: Altenbrak is a village and a former municipality in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Altenbrak was first mentioned in 1448 as a smelting site. The establishment of the village probably goes back further to 1227. After the last ironworks was closed in 1867 the population became poverty-stricken.