Goslar District

Goslar District
Goslar District
	District
	Coat of arms
	Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
Capital	Goslar
Area
• Total	965.07 km2 (372.62 sq mi)

Goslar District is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Osterode, Northeim, Hildesheim and Wolfenbüttel, the city of Salzgitter, and by the states of Saxony-Anhalt (district of Harz) and Thuringia (Nordhausen).

History[]

The history of the district is linked with the city of Goslar.

The district of Goslar was established in the 19th century by the Prussian government. The city of Goslar did not belong to the district until 1972, when it was eventually incorporated into the district.

Geography[]

The region comprises the northwestern part of the Harz mountains. The Harz National Park is part of this district. The highest peak is the Wurmberg (971 m) near Braunlage, also being the highest elevation of Lower Saxony. Above the small town of Altenau there is the source of the Oker river, which runs through the picturesque Oker valley to leave the Harz at Vienenburg.

Coat of arms[]

The eagle is the heraldic animal of the city of Goslar, while the lion symbolises the municipality of Schladen. Schladen is not part of the district, but the lords of Schladen ruled over major parts of the district in the early Middle Ages.

Towns and municipalities[]

Towns

Samtgemeinden

Free municipalities

Bad Harzburg
Braunlage
Goslar
Langelsheim
Seesen
Vienenburg

1. Lutter am Barenberge

Hahausen
Lutter am Barenberge¹
Wallmoden

2. Oberharz

Altenau²
Clausthal-Zellerfeld^{1, 2}
Schulenberg im Oberharz
Wildemann²

Liebenburg

¹seat of the Samtgemeinde; ²town

Transport[]

Road

Several federal highways cross the rural district of Goslar. These include the B 4, B 6, B 6n, B 82, B 241, B 242 and B 498. The district roads (Kreisstraßen) are:

No.	Route
Template:BAB-K	Template:BAB-B-1 (AS Langelsheim-Ost) - Langelsheim - Jerstedt - Hahndorf - Sudmerberg
Template:BAB-K	Othfresen - Heißum - Dörnten - Template:BAB-K
Template:BAB-K	Template:BAB-B-1 - Dörnten - Template:BAB-K
Template:BAB-K	Template:BAB-K (SZ) - Upen - Template:BAB-L
Template:BAB-K	Klein Mahner - Template:BAB-L
Template:BAB-K	Template:BAB-K (SZ) - Klein Mahner - Liebenburg
Template:BAB-K	Template:BAB-K (WF) - Lengde - Template:BAB-K
Template:BAB-K	Vienenburg - Lochtum - Template:BAB-K (HZ)
Template:BAB-K	Ostharingen - Kunigunde
Template:BAB-K	Lochtum - Bettingerode - Bündheim
Template:BAB-K	Template:BAB-K - Goslar
Template:BAB-K	Lengde - Wiedelah - Vienenburg - Template:BAB-B-1
Template:BAB-K	Langelsheim - Wolfshagen im Harz - Lautenthal
Template:BAB-K	Template:BAB-L - Hahnenklee
Template:BAB-K	Zellerfeld - Template:BAB-B-1
Template:BAB-K	Clausthal - Altenau
Template:BAB-K	Westerode - Bad Harzburg
Template:BAB-K	Westerode - Template:BAB-K
Template:BAB-K	Harlingerode - Bettingerode - Template:BAB-L
Template:BAB-K	Template:BAB-K - Bornhausen - Template:BAB-B-1
Template:BAB-K	Langelsheim - Astfeld
Template:BAB-K	Template:BAB-K - Seesen
Template:BAB-K	Seesen - Engelade - Template:BAB-B-1/Template:BAB-B-1
Template:BAB-K	Template:BAB-K (HI) - Rhüden - Bilderlahe - Engelade - Herrhausen
Template:BAB-K	Münchehof - Fürstenhagen
Template:BAB-K	Seesen - Template:BAB-B-1
Template:BAB-K	Template:BAB-B-1 - Ildehausen
Template:BAB-K	Template:BAB-K - Template:BAB-K
Template:BAB-K	Münchehof - Template:BAB-K (OHA)
Template:BAB-K	Template:BAB-K - Mechtshausen
Template:BAB-K	Template:BAB-B-1/Template:BAB-B-1 (AS Braunlage-Nord) - Braunlage
Template:BAB-K	Oker - Harlingerode - Schlewecke - Bündheim
Template:BAB-K	Template:BAB-L - Schulenberg im Oberharz - Template:BAB-L

Rail

The territory of the present rural district was joined to the railway network via the Brunswick–Bad Harzburg railway as early as 1840. In 1856 the Brunswick–Kreiensen railway via Seesen was built and, in 1866, the Vienenburg–Goslar railway followed; both branching off the original line. In 1875 the Hildesheim–Goslar railway and the former Halberstadt–Vienenburg railway (to 1945, today it has a new route along the Heudeber-Danstedt–Vienenburg railway) formed part of the link from Hanover via the North Harz to Halle (Saale). Later the lines from Seesen to Herzberg, Seesen to Goslar and Goslar to Bad Harzburg were added.

The railway line via Clausthal-Zellerfeld to Altenau (Innerste Valley Railway) and the railway branches to Braunlage (South Harz Railway) and St. Andreasberg (Oder Valley Railway) have since been dismantled. Even the Derneburg–Seesen branch line is out of service. The former route from Halberstadt via Wasserleben, Vienenburg and Grauhof to Langelsheim served East-West through trains until 1945 but has also since disappeared.