Braemar

Braemar ( Scottish Gaelic Baile a ' Chaisteil Bhràigh Mhàrr ) is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, about 93 kilometers west of Aberdeen in the Scottish Highlands. It is the nearest large town on the upper reaches of the River Dee and is the unofficial capital of Deeside.

On the first Saturday in September, the annual Highland Games will be held in Braemar, traditionally in the presence of the royal family.

The Gaelic Braigh Mhàrr actually refers to the area of upper Marr ( in the literary meaning), ie the area of ​​Marr to the west as far as Aboyne. The village's name means " castle of Braemar " ( Baile a ' Chaisteal Bhràigh Mhàrr ).

In the census of 1891 gave 59.2 % of the population Scottish Gaelic as their native language. The percentage of those who really mastered the language was probably much higher. In the small farming town Inverey ( Inbhir Èidh ) was spoken by 86.3 % of the population Gaelic. A large part of the population were non- Gaelic-speaking the lower Deeside. The Scottish Gaelic, which is spoken in the Aberdeenshire, is very similar to the Gaelic dialects of Strathspey and East Perthshire. The last native speaker of the local Gaelic dialect died in 1984. However, there are speakers of the similar Strathspey dialect from.

The area around Braemar is dominated Catholic. The bones of St. Andrew were stored here before they were brought to St Andrews. The local Catholic Church has him as the patron saint.

In Braemar twice the coolest temperature of -27.2 oC the United Kingdom has already been measured ( on 11 February 1895, on January 10, 1982). This record Braemar shares with Altnaharra where one has measured the same temperature on 30 December 1995.