Editing Goslar (district)

{{Short description|District in Lower Saxony, Germany}}
{{Infobox German district
|name=Goslar
|state=Lower Saxony
|image_skyline=WurmbergGipfelWest.JPG
|capital=[[Goslar]]
|regierungsbezirk=
|area=965.07
|Kreisschlüssel    = 03153
| district_admin    = Alexander Saipa
| admin_party       = SPD
|carsign=GS
|url=[http://www.landkreis-goslar.de/ www.landkreis-goslar.de]
|map={{Germany district OSM map |parent_subdivision = Q1197}}
|image_coa = DEU Landkreis Goslar COA.svg
|image_flag = Flagge Landkreis Goslar.svg
}}

'''Goslar''' ({{IPA|de|ˈɡɔslaʁ}}) is a district in [[Lower Saxony]], [[Germany]]. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of [[Göttingen (district)|Göttingen]], [[Northeim (district)|Northeim]], [[Hildesheim (district)|Hildesheim]] and [[Wolfenbüttel (district)|Wolfenbüttel]], the city of [[Salzgitter]], and by the states of [[Saxony-Anhalt]] (district of [[Harz (district)|Harz]]) and [[Thuringia]] ([[Nordhausen (district)|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 [[Prussia]]n 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.<ref>[https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Laender-Regionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Namens-Grenz-Aenderung/2021.html Gebietsänderungen vom 01. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2021], [[Statistisches Bundesamt]]</ref>

==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 (Harz)|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==
The district of Goslar consists of the following towns and municipalities:<ref>{{cite web |title=Einwohner der Gemeinden und Ortsteile |url=https://www.landkreis-goslar.de/media/custom/94_5249_1.PDF?1547800424 |website=Landkreis - Goslar |access-date=2019-04-11 |archive-date=2020-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801033121/https://www.landkreis-goslar.de/media/custom/94_5249_1.PDF?1547800424 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
{{Imagemap Germany district GS|Municipalities in GS.svg|300px{{!}}thumb{{!}}left{{!}}Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district}}
{|
!Towns
![[Municipality|Free municipalities]]
|- valign=top
|
#[[Bad Harzburg]]
#[[Braunlage]]
#[[Clausthal-Zellerfeld]]
#[[Goslar]]
#[[Langelsheim]]
#[[Seesen]]
|
#[[Liebenburg]]
|}

=== Transport ===
; Road
Several federal highways cross the rural district of Goslar. These include the [[Bundesstraße 4|B&nbsp;4]], [[Bundesstraße 6|B&nbsp;6]], [[Bundesstraße 6n|B&nbsp;6n]], [[Bundesstraße 82|B&nbsp;82]], [[Bundesstraße 241|B&nbsp;241]], [[Bundesstraße 242|B&nbsp;242]] and [[Bundesstraße 498|B&nbsp;498]].
The district roads (''[[Kreisstraße]]n'') are:
{|class="wikitable"
! No. !! Route
|-
| {{Jct|country=DEU|K|1}} || {{Jct|country=DEU|B|82}} (AS Langelsheim-Ost) - Langelsheim - [[Jerstedt]] - [[Hahndorf (Goslar)|Hahndorf]] - Sudmerberg 
|-
| {{Jct|country=DEU|K|2}} || [[Othfresen]] - Heißum - [[Dörnten]] - {{Jct|country=DEU|K|1}} 
|-
| {{Jct|country=DEU|K|3}} || {{Jct|country=DEU|B|6}} - [[Dörnten]] - {{Jct|country=DEU|K|32}} 
|-
| {{Jct|country=DEU|K|4}} || <small>{{Jct|country=DEU|K|34}} ([[Salzgitter|SZ]])</small> - [[Upen]] - {{Jct|country=DEU|L|500}} 
|-
| {{Jct|country=DEU|K|11}} || Klein Mahner - {{Jct|country=DEU|L|510}} 
|-
| {{Jct|country=DEU|K|12}} || <small>{{Jct|country=DEU|K|29}} (SZ)</small> - Klein Mahner - Liebenburg 
|-
| {{Jct|country=DEU|K|22}} || <small>{{Jct|country=DEU|K|86}} ([[Landkreis Wolfenbüttel|WF]])</small> - [[Lengde]] - {{Jct|country=DEU|K|34}} 
|-
| {{Jct|country=DEU|K|27}} || Vienenburg - [[Lochtum]] - <small>{{Jct|country=DEU|K|1336}} ([[Landkreis Harz|HZ]])</small> 
|-
| {{Jct|country=DEU|K|29}} || Ostharingen - [[Kunigunde]] 
|-
| {{Jct|country=DEU|K|30}} || Lochtum - Bettingerode - [[Bündheim]] 
|-
| {{Jct|country=DEU|K|32}} || {{Jct|country=DEU|K|1}} - Goslar
|-
| {{Jct|country=DEU|K|34}} || Lengde - [[Wiedelah]] - Vienenburg - {{Jct|country=DEU|B|6}} 
|-
| {{Jct|country=DEU|K|35}} || Langelsheim - [[Wolfshagen im Harz]] - [[Lautenthal]] 
|-
| {{Jct|country=DEU|K|36}} || {{Jct|country=DEU|L|516}} - [[Hahnenklee]] 
|-
| {{Jct|country=DEU|K|37}} || Zellerfeld - {{Jct|country=DEU|B|242}} 
|-
| {{Jct|country=DEU|K|38}} || Clausthal - Altenau 
|-
| {{Jct|country=DEU|K|42}} || Westerode - Bad Harzburg 
|-
| {{Jct|country=DEU|K|43}} || Westerode - {{Jct|country=DEU|K|46}} 
|-
| {{Jct|country=DEU|K|46}} || [[Harlingerode]] - Bettingerode - {{Jct|country=DEU|L|501}} 
|-
| {{Jct|country=DEU|K|53}} || {{Jct|country=DEU|K|58}} - [[Bornhausen]] - {{Jct|country=DEU|B|248}} 
|-
| {{Jct|country=DEU|K|55}} || Langelsheim - [[Astfeld]]
|-
| {{Jct|country=DEU|K|56}} || {{Jct|country=DEU|K|58}} - Seesen 
|-
| {{Jct|country=DEU|K|57}} || Seesen - Engelade - {{Jct|country=DEU|B|243}}/{{Jct|country=DEU|B|248}} 
|-
| {{Jct|country=DEU|K|58}} || <small>{{Jct|country=DEU|K|331}} ([[Landkreis Hildesheim|HI]])</small> - [[Rhüden]] - [[Bilderlahe]] - Engelade - [[Herrhausen am Harz|Herrhausen]] 
|-
| {{Jct|country=DEU|K|59}} || Münchehof - Fürstenhagen 
|-
| {{Jct|country=DEU|K|61}} || Seesen - {{Jct|country=DEU|B|248}} 
|-
| {{Jct|country=DEU|K|62}} || {{Jct|country=DEU|B|64}} - Ildehausen
|-
| {{Jct|country=DEU|K|63}} || {{Jct|country=DEU|K|55}} - {{Jct|country=DEU|K|35}}
|-
| {{Jct|country=DEU|K|65}} || [[Münchehof]] - <small>{{Jct|country=DEU|K|21}} ([[Landkreis Göttingen|GÖ]])</small> 
|-
| {{Jct|country=DEU|K|66}} || {{Jct|country=DEU|K|58}} - [[Mechtshausen]] 
|-
| {{Jct|country=DEU|K|68}} || {{Jct|country=DEU|B|4}}/{{Jct|country=DEU|B|242}} (AS Braunlage-Nord) - Braunlage 
|-
| {{Jct|country=DEU|K|70}} || [[Oker]] - Harlingerode - Schlewecke - Bündheim 
|-
| {{Jct|country=DEU|K|71}} || {{Jct|country=DEU|L|517}} - Schulenberg im Oberharz - {{Jct|country=DEU|L|517}} 
|}
; 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–Bad Harzburg/Vienenburg railway|Heudeber-Danstedt–Vienenburg railway]]) formed part of the link from [[Hanover]] via the North Harz to [[Halle (Saale)]]. Later the lines [[Herzberg–Seesen railway|from Seesen to Herzberg]], [[Neuekrug-Hahausen–Goslar railway|Seesen to Goslar]] and [[Bad Harzburg–Oker railway|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 Company|South Harz Railway]]) and St. Andreasberg ([[Oder Valley Railway]]) have since been dismantled. Even the [[Derneburg–Seesen railway|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.

; Scheduled buses
Following the widespread closure of railways in the Harz the schedule bus services have gained great importance.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Landkreis Goslar}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928165610/http://www.landkreis-goslar.de/ Official website] (German)

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