Goslar

Goslar occupies the northern foothills of the Harz Mountains in Lower Saxony. For centuries, silver, copper and lead from nearby Rammelsberg underpinned the town’s wealth and the authority of the Holy Roman emperors who gathered here. The 11th-century Kaiserpfalz, or Imperial Palace, recalls that role, while the timber-framed streets of the Old Town preserve an urban fabric shaped by trade and mining. Goslar’s Old Town and the Rammelsberg Mines have been inscribed together on UNESCO’s World Heritage List since 1992. Forested Harz slopes rise south of the historic centre, giving this former imperial town a distinctly upland setting. Browse other webcams across Lower Saxony to place this setting in a wider geographic context.

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