Editing Goslar (section)

==Geography==
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Goslar is situated in the middle of the upper half of Germany, about {{convert|40|km|mi|abbr=off}} south of [[Braunschweig|Brunswick]] and about {{convert|70|km|mi|abbr=on}} southeast of the state capital, [[Hannover|Hanover]]. The [[Schalke (Harz)|Schalke]] mountain is the highest elevation within the municipal boundaries at {{convert|762|m|0|abbr=off}}. The lowest point of {{convert|175|m|0|abbr=on}} is near the [[Oker]] river. Geographically, Goslar forms the boundary between the [[Hildesheim Börde]] which is part of the [[North German Plain|Northern German Plain]], and the Harz range, which is the highest, northernmost extension of Germany's [[Central Uplands]]. The Hildesheim Börde is characterised by [[plain]]s with rich [[clay]] soils – used [[Agriculture|agriculturally]] for [[sugar beet]] farming – interlaced with several hill ranges commonly known as the [[Hildesheim Forest]] and [[Salzgitter Hills]]. In the northeast the [[Harly Forest]] stretches down to the River Oker, in the east, Goslar borders on the German state of [[Saxony-Anhalt]].

Immediately to the south the Harz range rises above the historic borough at a height of {{convert|636|m|0|abbr=on}} at Mt [[Rammelsberg]]. Extended forests dominate the landscape. The major rivers crossing the municipal boundaries are the Oker with its [[Gose (river)|Gose]]/[[Abzucht]] and [[Radau]] tributaries. The eponymic River Gose originates approximately {{convert|9|km|0|abbr=off}} south-west of Goslar at the Auerhahn Pass ({{convert|638|m|0|abbr=on}}) east of the [[Bocksberg (Harz)|Bocksberg]] mountain. At the northern foot of the Herzberg ({{convert|632|m|0|abbr=on}}) it meets the smaller Abzucht before it flows into the Oker. The Dörpke and [[Gelmke]] also flow from the Harz foothills to the south into the Goslar municipal area, where they discharge into the Abzucht.

===Neighbouring municipalities===
(Clockwise from the north): [[Liebenburg]], [[Schladen-Werla]] ([[Wolfenbüttel (district)|Wolfenbüttel]] District), [[Osterwieck]] ([[Harz (district)|Harz]] District, [[Saxony-Anhalt]]), [[Bad Harzburg]], [[Clausthal-Zellerfeld]] ([[Oberharz (Samtgemeinde)|Oberharz]]), and [[Langelsheim]].

===Town districts===
The town currently consists of 18 districts (''Stadtteile''):
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* Old Town (upper and lower borough and town centre){{spaces|5}}
* Rammelsberg with Siemensviertel and Rosenberg
* Georgenberg with Kattenberg
* Steinberg
* [[Sudmerberg]]
* Jürgenohl with Kramerswinkel
* Baßgeige
* Ohlhof
| valign="top" |
Incorporated in 1972:
* Hahndorf with Grauhof
* [[Hahnenklee]] with Bockswiese 
* Jerstedt
* [[Oker (Goslar)|Oker]]
Incorporated in 2014:
* [[Immenrode]]
* Lengde
* Lochtum
* [[Vienenburg]] with Wöltingerode and Wennerode
* Weddingen
* Wiedelah
|}

===Climate===
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| Jan high C  = 2
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| Mar high C  = 7
| Apr high C  = 10
| May high C  = 16
| Jun high C  = 18
| Jul high C  = 21
| Aug high C  = 21
| Sep high C  = 17
| Oct high C  = 13
| Nov high C  = 7
| Dec high C  = 4
| year high C = 11.5
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| Jan low C  = -2
| Feb low C  = -3
| Mar low C  = 1
| Apr low C  = 3
| May low C  = 7
| Jun low C  = 11
| Jul low C  = 12
| Aug low C  = 12
| Sep low C  = 10
| Oct low C  = 6
| Nov low C  = 2
| Dec low C  = 0
| year low C = 4.9

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| source = World Weather Online<ref name="World Weather Online">{{cite web |url=https://www.worldweatheronline.com/goslar-weather-averages/niedersachsen/de.aspx |title=Goslar, Niedersachsen Monthly Climate Average, Germany |access-date=December 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108100743/https://www.worldweatheronline.com/goslar-weather-averages/niedersachsen/de.aspx |archive-date=January 8, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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