Goslar

This article is about the city in Germany. For other uses, see Goslar (disambiguation).
Goslar
Town
Top: Rammelsberg Middle: City centre. Bottom: Kaiserpfalz
Flag of Goslar
Flag
Coat of arms of Goslar
Coat of arms
Location of Goslar within Goslar district
Clausthal-ZellerfeldBraunlageClausthal-ZellerfeldClausthal-ZellerfeldSeesenLiebenburgLangelsheimGoslarGoslarBraunlageBraunlageBad HarzburgLangelsheimClausthal-ZellerfeldGoslar (district)Lower SaxonyWolfenbüttel (district)SalzgitterWolfenbüttel (district)Hildesheim (district)Northeim (district)Göttingen (district)ThuringiaSaxony-Anhaltgemeindefreies Gebiet Harz
Goslar is located in Germany
Goslar
Goslar
Goslar is located in Lower Saxony
Goslar
Goslar
Coordinates: 51°54′26″N 10°25′48″E / 51.90722°N 10.43000°E / 51.90722; 10.43000
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictGoslar
Subdivisions18 districts
Government
 • Lord mayor (2021–26) Urte Schwerdtner[1] (SPD)
Area
 • Total163.71 km2 (63.21 sq mi)
Elevation
255 m (837 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total50,203
 • Density310/km2 (790/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
38640, 38642, 38644
Dialling codes05321, 05325
Vehicle registrationGS
Websitewww.goslar.de
Goslar
UNESCO World Heritage Site
View to the North with the Hildesheim downs in the background. Photograph taken from the Maltermeister Tower
Part ofMines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System
CriteriaCultural: i, iv
Reference623-001
Inscription1992 (16th Session)
Extensions2010
Area363.3 ha
Buffer zone376.1 ha

Goslar (German pronunciation: [ˈɡɔslaʁ]; Eastphalian: Goslär) is a historic town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Goslar and is located on the northwestern slopes of the Harz mountain range. The Old Town of Goslar with over 1.500[3] timber houses and the Mines of Rammelsberg are UNESCO World Heritage Sites for their millennium-long testimony to the history of ore mining and their political importance for the Holy Roman Empire and Hanseatic League.[4] Each year Goslar awards the Kaiserring to an international artist, called the "Nobel Prize" of the art world.[5]

  1. ^ "Stichwahlen zu Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 26. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
  2. ^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
  3. ^ "Fachwerkhäuser und prominente Besucher: Goslar ist eine reale Filmkulisse - WELT". DIE WELT (in German). 2021-05-17. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
  4. ^ "Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 25 Jun 2022.
  5. ^ "Kaiserring | Mönchehaus Museum Goslar". Retrieved 2020-01-05.