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Goslar
Coat of arms of Goslar
Coordinates 51°54′26″N 10°25′48″E / 51.90722°N 10.43°E / 51.90722; 10.43
Administration
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Goslar
Town subdivisions 12 districts
Lord Mayor Henning Binnewies (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area 92.58 km2 (35.75 sq mi)
Elevation 255 m  (837 ft)
Population 43,058  (30 June 2006)
 - Density 465 /km2 (1,205 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate GS
Postal codes 38640, 38642, 38644
Area codes 05321, 05325
Website www.goslar.de

Goslar is a historic city in Germany. It has about 43,000 inhabitants.

History

Goslar

The German Emperor Henry I founded Goslar in 922. In the 11th century Goslar became seat of a Pfalz, a temporary seat of the Emperor. In 1253 Goslar became a Free City (that means without being ruled a Duke) in the Holy Roman Empire and joined the Hanseatic League.

Henry 4th a Holy Roman Emperor came from Goslar.

In the Thirty-year War Goslar belonged to the loyalists of the Emperor, although its territory belonged to a Protestant region. The Swedish King Gustav II Adolph punished Goslar for supporting the imperial forces. After 1642 Goslar came under the rule of the Welfs.

In 1803 Goslar lost its status as a Free City and belonged to Prussia. Napoleon made Goslar a part of the Kingdom of Westphalia. After the Napoleonic Wars it became part of the Kingdom of Hanover.

In the 19th century Goslar lost its economic base. Now it lives mainly on tourism.

Images for kids

  • GoslarMaltermeister

    View to the North with the Hildesheim downs in the background. Photograph taken from the Maltermeister Tower

  • Goslaradler

    Goslar's Medieval Imperial Eagle

  • Door knocker in Goslar, Lower Saxony, Germany

    Door knocker with the name "Brunswick Horse" at the front door of a half-timbered house dating from the year 1719 in the town centre of Goslar.

  • HJB10 - Denkmal im Kasernenhof

    Memorial at barrack yard

  • HJB10 - Denkmal am Thomaswall

    Memorial on Thomaswall; kneeling figure by Gottlieb Elster

  • Goslar kaiserpfalz

    Mediaeval Imperial Palace (Kaiserpfalz)

  • Zwingerkahnteich

    The Zwinger tower and pond

  • Frankenbergerkirche

    The Frankenberg Church

  • Goslar Panorama

    Panoramic view from the market church of Goslar

  • Old Town of Goslar

    Half-timbered houses at the river Gose

  • Goslar kaiserworth

    Hotel Kaiserworth

  • Bundesarchiv B 145 Bild-F073370-0006, Bad Godesberg, Ernst Jünger, Philipp Jenninger

    Ernst Jünger, Philipp Jenninger, Liselotte Jünger

  • Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1976-130-53, Henning v. Tresckow

    Henning von Tresckow


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