Goslar

Goslar
Town
Top: Rammelsberg Middle: City centre. Bottom: Kaiserpfalz
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Goslar within Goslar district
Goslar Show map of Germany Goslar Show map of Lower Saxony
Coordinates: 51°54′26″N 10°25′48″E / 51.90722°N 10.43000°E / 51.90722; 10.43000
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Goslar
Subdivisions	18 districts
Government
• Lord mayor (2021–26)	Urte Schwerdtner[1] (SPD)
Area
• Total	163.71 km2 (63.21 sq mi)
Elevation	255 m (837 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	50,203
• Density	310/km2 (790/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	38640, 38642, 38644
Dialling codes	05321, 05325
Vehicle registration	GS
Website	www.goslar.de

Goslar

UNESCO World Heritage Site
View to the North with the Hildesheim downs in the background. Photograph taken from the Maltermeister Tower
Part of	Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System
Criteria	Cultural: i, iv
Reference	623-001
Inscription	1992 (16th Session)
Extensions	2010
Area	363.3 ha
Buffer zone	376.1 ha

Goslar (German pronunciation: [ˈɡɔslaʁ]; Eastphalian: Goslär) is a historic town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Goslar and is located on the northwestern slopes of the Harz mountain range. The Old Town of Goslar with over 1.500^[3] timber houses and the Mines of Rammelsberg are UNESCO World Heritage Sites for their millennium-long testimony to the history of ore mining and their political importance for the Holy Roman Empire and Hanseatic League.^[4] Each year Goslar awards the Kaiserring to an international artist, called the "Nobel Prize" of the art world.^[5]