Goslar (district)

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Goslar

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State:	Lower Saxony
Capital:	Goslar } } |- | Area:||965 km² |- | Inhabitants:||156,500 (2000) |- | pop. density:||164 inh./km² |- | Car identification:||GS |- | Homepage:||http://www.landkreis-goslar.de |- !colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=#DEFFAD|Map |- |colspan=2 align=center| |} Goslar 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 (districts of Halberstadt and Wernigerode) and Thuringia (Nordhausen). Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Coat of arms 4 Towns and municipalities 5 External links 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 Sankt Andreasberg Seesen Vienenburg Lutter am Barenberge Oberharz (incl. towns Altenau, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, and Wildemann) Liebenburg External links [Official website] (German) Cities and rural districts in the Federal State of Lower Saxony in Germany Region Hanover Cities Brunswick | Delmenhorst | Emden | Oldenburg | Osnabrück | Salzgitter | Wilhelmshaven | Wolfsburg Rural districts Ammerland | Aurich | Grafschaft Bentheim | Celle | Cloppenburg | Cuxhaven | Diepholz | Emsland | Friesland | Gifhorn | Goslar | Göttingen | Hamelin-Pyrmont | Harburg | Helmstedt | Hildesheim | Holzminden | Leer | Lüchow-Dannenberg | Lüneburg | Nienburg | Northeim | Oldenburg | Osnabrück | Osterholz | Osterode | Peine | Rotenburg | Schaumburg | Soltau-Fallingbostel | Stade | Uelzen | Vechta | Verden | Wesermarsch | Wittmund | Wolfenbüttel   From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details. Search Titles 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ? E-mail this article to: Personal Message: