| Goslar | |
| State: | Lower Saxony |
| Capital: | Goslar |
| Area: | 965.07 |
| Kreisschlüssel: | 03153 |
| District Admin: | Alexander Saipa |
| Admin Party: | SPD |
| Carsign: | GS |
| Url: | www.landkreis-goslar.de |
| Image Coa: | DEU Landkreis Goslar COA.svg |
Goslar (pronounced as /de/) is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Göttingen, Northeim, Hildesheim and Wolfenbüttel, the city of Salzgitter, and by the states of Saxony-Anhalt (district of Harz) and Thuringia (Nordhausen).
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. Langelsheim merged 1 November 2021 with the three municipalities of the Samtgemeinde Lutter am Barenberge, which was abolished.[1]
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.
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.
The district of Goslar consists of the following towns and municipalities:[2]
| No. | Route | |
|---|---|---|
| (AS Langelsheim-Ost) - Langelsheim - Jerstedt - Hahndorf - Sudmerberg | ||
| Othfresen - Heißum - Dörnten - | ||
| - Dörnten - | ||
| (SZ) - Upen - | ||
| Klein Mahner - | ||
| (SZ) - Klein Mahner - Liebenburg | ||
| (WF) - Lengde - | ||
| Vienenburg - Lochtum - (HZ) | ||
| - Goslar | ||
| Lengde - Wiedelah - Vienenburg - | ||
| Zellerfeld - | ||
| Clausthal - Altenau | ||
| Westerode - Bad Harzburg | ||
| Westerode - | ||
| Harlingerode - Bettingerode - | ||
| - Bornhausen - | ||
| Langelsheim - Astfeld | ||
| - Seesen | ||
| Seesen - Engelade - / | ||
| Münchehof - Fürstenhagen | ||
| Seesen - | ||
| - Ildehausen | ||
| - | ||
| Münchehof - (GÖ) | ||
| / (AS Braunlage-Nord) - Braunlage | ||
| Oker - Harlingerode - Schlewecke - Bündheim | ||
| - Schulenberg im Oberharz - |
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.