Goslar: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
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EUR 50 - 230 Hotel Niedersächsischer Hof
 Set amid the Harz mountains near to Goslar’s old town, this hotel prides itself on its collection of works of art by famous artists through its coop… MoreEUR 52 - 75 Hotel Lydia
 This family-run hotel is just 2 km from Goslar´s UNESCO Old Town. Hotel Lydia offers cosy rooms with free Wi-Fi internet, an outdoor terrace and… MoreEUR 71 - 152 Hotel Kaiserworth
 This traditional-style, 4-star hotel in Goslar offers spacious rooms, free Wi-Fi, and traditional food from the Harz mountains.
Each of the non-smoki… MoreEUR 45 - 85 Hotel Kaiserpfalz
 This hotel guarantees a good night’s sleep, despite its central location in beautiful, historic Goslar, near to the Kaiserpfalz residence and the ol… MoreEUR 39 - 69 Hotel Restaurant Haus Gosetal
 This quiet hotel offers free Wi-Fi via hotspot, a beer garden with pond view and regional cooking. It is a 2-minute drive or 20-minute, forest walk fr… MoreEUR 80 - 90 Hubertus Hof
 This small hotel is located in Goslar town centre, just a short walk away from the Old Town district. It offers well-equipped rooms, free Wi-Fi and fr… MoreEUR 52 - 161 Residenz Schwiecheldthaus
 Located in the Harz Mountains, this hotel is in the old city of Goslar, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It offers modern guest apartments, an outdoor te… MoreEUR 63 - 115 RAMADA Hotel Bären Goslar
 Situated a 20-minute walk from the historical centre of Goslar, this hotel features an indoor pool and comfortable rooms with balcony. It is an ideal … MoreEUR 25 - 80 Landhaus Harzblick
 Just a short drive from the centre of the old Imperial city of Goslar, this guest house is a convenient base for excursions in the Harz mountain range… MoreEUR 29 - 125 Hotel Harzlodge
 This hotel offers country-style rooms, Wi-Fi internet access and a traditional restaurant. It lies in the forest on the outskirts of Goslar, only a 10… MoreEUR 50 - 999 Hotel Goldener Stern
 Housed in a building that dates from 1510, this cosy, family-run hotel offers recently renovated accommodation with free wireless internet access in t… MoreEUR 145 - 145 Henry´s Hotel im Kaiserringhaus
 This hotel in Goslar is set within the historic Kaiserringhaus building on the market square. It offers Wi-Fi via hotspot, spacious rooms with flat-sc… MoreEUR 55 - 9,999 Goldene Krone
 This 3-star hotel is a beautiful historic building with a traditional façade in the Old Town of Goslar. It is a 15-minute walk from Goslar Train Stat… MoreEUR 30 - 60 Gästehaus Engelcke
 This guest house is a 10-minute walk from Goslar Old Town and Goslar Cathedral. Gästehaus Engelcke offers country-style rooms with wooden interiors a… MoreEUR 44 - 51 Ferienwohnungen an der Kaiserpfalz
 These spacious apartments are 100 metres from the Kaiserpfalz Palace in the centre of Goslar. Each apartment has free Wi-Fi and a balcony overlooking … MoreEUR 71 - 150 Hotel Brusttuch
 This restored 16th-century building is located in Goslar’s historic Market Square, a 10-minute walk from Goslar Train Station and 300 metres from Go… MoreEUR 59 - 132 Hotel Der Achtermann
 This 4-star hotel offers a 1000 m² spa area with indoor pool and a traditional restaurant serving Harz region specialities. The hotel is a 5-minute w… MoreEUR 50 - 150 Hotel garni Zur Börse
 Just a 5-minute walk from the Mönchehaus Museum and historic market square, this Renaissance-style hotel in Goslar offers brightly decorated rooms an… MoreEUR 49 - 999 Hotel Garni Kirchner
 The Hotel Garni Kirchner is situated in a quiet and idyllic location near to the railway station in the 1000-year-old city of Goslar.
Business travel… MoreEUR 49 - 109 Hotel Die Tanne
 The Hotel Die Tanne in Goslar town centre offers country-style rooms, free Wi-Fi, and a daily breakfast buffet. Goslar Train Station is just an 8-minu… MoreEUR 44 - 999 Altstadt-Hotel Gosequell
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Goslar: Guide
Goslar is a medieval town in Lower Saxony and serves as a regional hub to the wider Harz|Harz area. It lies at the foot of the Harz Mountains (highest elevation 3,744 feet). Goslar is situated some 150 Miles West of Berlin. The nearest cites are Brunswick (Germany)|Brunswick, Hanover, and Magdeburg. Actually Goslar is much older than the German capital Berlin and thus worth a visit. If you are a more spiritually minded traveller interested in history, outdoor pursuits - most notably rambling -, tranquility and nature, then Goslar is just the right spot for you.
Understand
Town Information
Goslar was founded in 922 AD by the Saxon King , although it is widely assumed that there had been a settlement since pre-roman times. The town is famed for its magnificent gates and ramparts, the medieval Imperial Palace, Romanesque churches, its half timbered guild houses, the ancient Rammelsberg ore mine, ... and its witches, the last of which has been burned at the stake in 1657 AD. In the medieval times the city had been a major producer of armouries and coins--the raw ores for their manufacture came from the Rammelsberg mine just outside the city's walls.
A Brief History of Goslar
What, Ram + Goat = Goslar?
Not quite.... ! According to the legend, Ramm--a knight to Henry's son --tied his horse to a tree, half way up the Rammelsberg, to continue hunting in the undergrowth. In anticipation of the return of its owner, the horse scraped with its hoof in the ground laying open a ledge of silver so rich that it took over a millennium to mine. Hence the mountain and mine were called the Rammelsberg, after Otto's knight Ramm. As the wife of knight Ramm was called Gosa, they named the town Goslar in her honor.
Emporers, Dukes, and the Townfolks
Essentially Goslar was a Free Imperial City, which came under direct control of the Emporer and there were no regional feudal overlords, who were in charge of the city until the end of the Thirty's Year War. Thus the city's citizens were largely left to their own devices, since the emperors had mostly better things to do than to sit in their Imperial Palace at Goslar. There were plenty more Imperial Palaces throughout their Empire, where the emperors held court. The only problem for the city's craftsmen was that their Free Imperial City ended right behind the city's walls. To their nuisance, the mine they depended upon, for the delivery of the ores, was immediately outside these very city walls. So they had to lease the rights to the mine from even such regional feudal overlords, the Dukes of Brunswick, who would have fancied it, if the city was theirs. This inevitably let to regular skirmishes between the Dukes and their men on the one side, and the burghers on the other side, which were not resolved until the end of the Thirty's Year War in 1642 AD with the Goslar Accord.
Goethe's Goslar Gothic Ghosts. With the onset of the Reformation in 1517 AD Goslar has escaped the interest of the emporer, and its riches declined so that Goethe, Germany's national polymath, writes in 1777 during his visit to Goslar: "Imperial City, which rots 'inside' and 'with' its privileges!"
UNESCO World Heritage Status
This might be a reason why the Rammelsberg Mine and Town have been so uniquely preserved that they hold UNESCO_World_Heritage_List|UNESCO World Heritage Status.
Goslar is the Harz regions's festival town, culminating in the annual award of the .
Tourist Office
, Markt St. 45, 38640 Goslar, Germany.
T: 0049-5321-34040, F: 0049-5321-340466, E: info(at)harzinfo.de
Get in
By plane
If you own a plane, a helicopter or even a flying saucer then you might wish to land at the club airport in the immediate vicinity (24 miles) of Goslar. Maybe try the disused military airfield at Goslar itself, but don't get yourselves into troubles over this.
However, as a lesser mortal you need to take a plane into either (60 miles) or (195 miles) and make your way to Goslar by car or by train.
By train
Goslar can best be acessed by trains from Hanover to Magdeburg (or reverse). In Hanover, there is access to germany's ICE network. It is also possible to access the ICE network in Göttingen, which requires changing trains along the way.
By road
From Paris/London/Brussels/Cologne you take the autobahn A44/E331 to Kassel and take the A7/E45 in the direction Hamburg at the Kassel intersection. For further directions see below.
From Madrid/Rome/Vienna/Zurich/Munich/Frankfurt take the A7/E45 and leave it at either the interesection Seesen. Take the landstrasse L248 and then the bundesstrasse B82 to Goslar. If you wish to take the route via the Harz mountains, exit the A7/E45 at Northeim and take the landstrasse L241 via Osterode, Clausthal-Zellerfeld to Goslar.
Coming from Brunswick and head via the A395 in the direction of Harzburg-Spa. At Vienenburg you leave the A395 and take the landstrasse L241 to Goslar.
Arriving from Amsterdam/Düsseldorf/Ruhr Basin take the A2/E39 to Hanover and at the Intersection Hanover leave the A2/E39 and take the A7/E45. For further directions, see below.
Coming from Copenhagen/Stockholm/Oslo/Hamburg/Bremen/Hanover you take the A7/E45 in the direction Frankfurt. You exit the autobahn at Holle-Salzgitter and take the bundesstrasse B6 (mostly two-lane) to Goslar.
N.B. Goslar is a popular destination for bikers who enjoy riding their bikes through the Harz highlands.
By bus
Bus services to and from Goslar are relatively frequent and efficient. The regional bus operator runs a , which assists you with finding the relevant connection. In Goslar, their hub is in front of the central railway station. Here you also find a wee travel centre, where staff can provide you with further advise. Essentially, the most frequent routes are between Goslar, Seesen, Harzburg-Spa, Salzgitter and Clausthal-Zellerfeld, with less frequent services to other destinations in the Upper Harz Highlands (lines 440, 450, 462, 831, 838, 841, 842, 850, 861, 879). The RegioBus lines are the express ones--the others are slow. The handy thing is that the RBB forms a with other , so that you only have to buy a single transferable ticket. Thus, there is no need to purchase a new one every time you change your train or bus.
- Office Goslar, Hildesheimer St. 53, 38640 Goslar. T:0049-5321-34310, F:0049-5321-343160, E:rbb.goslar(at)rbb-bus.de.
Bicycle - the environmentally most friendly way to get around Goslar is by bike. Either you bring your own, or you hire one at: (1) Zweirad-Linkhorst, Bäcker St. 17,38640 Goslar. (2) Fahrradverleih in der Touristinformation Hahnenklee, Kurhaus Way 7, 38644 Goslar-Hahnenklee. (3) Sporttreffpunkt Hahnenklee, Rathaus St. 6-7, 38644 Goslar-Hahnenklee.
- The Goslar town council operates bus services within the municipal boundaries (Lines 801,802, 803,804,805,806) which run between the town centre and the borough of Oker, as well as Jürgenohl and Hahnenklee.
Churches
Modern
The Further Education Community College in Goslar offers German courses for non-German speaking applicants to German Universities and Polytechniques leading to a FSZ/UNICert certificate (The German language proficiency test). However, you might be best advised to sit your course at either the , or , since the courses at the VHS Goslar have the reputation of being a bit too tedious and staff seem to be a bit lackluster.
(Agentur für Arbeit Goslar). Robert-Koch St. 11, 38642 Goslar. T: 0049-5321-557-0, F: 0049-5321-557-450. E:goslar.ais(at)arbeitsagentur.de
Private Time Share & Job Agency, Oker St. 23, 38640 Goslar. T: 0049-5321-3198-0, F: 0049-5321-3198-25, E: info(at)adecco.de
- Membership required! If you have grief at work. DGB Goslar, Vititorwall 14, 38640 Goslar. T: 0049-5321-2444
, Hoher Weg 7, 38640 Goslar. At the you have artisans and goldsmiths where you can find yourselves the right gifts & sourvenirs to take home.
, Odermarkplatz 1, 38640 Goslar.T: 0049-5321-7080, F:0049-5321-708218. There is a factory outlet at the Odermark textile plant, where you might wish to purchase some formal men's wear off the shelf at half price.
, Auf der Dingstelle 14, 38644 Goslar-Jerstedt, T:0049-5321-68620, F:0049-5321-686284. If you happen to look for bargain cars then try in Jerstedt. Here you can find some reimported bargain cars.
. Novel, Vegetarian, Mediterranean and Persian cuisine. Highly acclaimed (Michelin Guide) restaurant with a nice ambience for the gourmet. Markt St. 4, 38640 Goslar. Tel:0049-5321-42136 -V.
. The finest Italian meals in town. Top tip for authentic Sicilian cuisine. Spital St. 2a, 38640 Goslar. Tel:0049-05321-23223-V
in the chefs' guildhall. Enjoy the locally brewed beer. Organic dishes. Best trout in town. An der Gose 23, 38640 Goslar. Tel:0049-5321-34050 -V
Restaurant Sahara. Maghrebinian, Arab and Maroccan Dishes. Excellent barbecues. Try the delicious couscous. Markt St. 16, 38640 Goslar. ''Tel:0049-5321-381955-V.
. Known for its excellent game dishes directly from the Harz Mountains. Located in a cosy old mill at the river Gose in the town centre. Worth St. 4, 38640 Goslar. Tel:0049-5321-43402-V
Zum Lindenhof/Limetree Court. Local and regional cuisine. Ideal venue for groups and parties. With 12 lane bowling alley and meeting rooms attached. Schützenallee 1, 38640 Goslar. Tel:0049-5321-1777-V
Asia Bistro. Chinese Food, the full repertoire of chinese cusine at budget prices. Fischemäker St. 14. 38640 Goslar. Tel: 0049-5321-3949300-V
Bistro Tomate. Salads, Currywurst (curried sausage), beer. Stapelner St. 8, 38644 Goslar, Tel: 0049-5321-683886-V''
Döner-King. Located in Goslar Oker, 3 Miles to the east of the town's centre. The typical Turkish nextdoor . Höhlenweg 2, 38642 Goslar. Tel: 0049-5321-65003-V
Kasimir's Döner Ecke. Located in Goslar Jürgenohl, 1 Mile North of the town's centre. Nice and clean Turkish kebab shop. Danziger St. 8,38642 Goslar.
Lil-Café. Chips, cappucino, salads. Markt St. 15, 38640 Goslar. Tel: 0049-5321-42178-V
- Breite St. 98, 38640 Goslar. T:0049-5321-382999, F:0049-5321-398831. E: info(at)tims-5tageszeiten.de. Most enjoyable venue. Modern flair. Jolly visitors.
- Marktkirchhof 3, 38640 Goslar, T:0049-5321-22886. F:0049-5321-45232. E: info(at)tiffanys-club.de. Located in the town centre opposite themarket church. Young visitors. Do not expect the latest music and fashion.
Heckies Pub - Stapelner St. 8,38644 Goslar Bassgeige, T:0049-5321-683886. To meet up with the locals. 1 Mile South of the town centre.
- Schilder St.6, 38640 Goslar. T:0049-5321-394838. E:info(at)la-boheme-goslar.de. Large pub. Gigs of local bands. Rock music.
Quetsche - Marktkirchhof 4, 8640 Goslar.T:0049-5321-24416. Trendy with the locals.
Heaven's Door - Irish Pub, Brüggemann St. 14, 8640 Goslar. T:0049-5321-1214. Yet another Irish theme bar.
White Swan | Weißer Schwan - Münz St. 11, 38640 Goslar. T:0049-5321-25737. Nice outdoor beer garden. Located in a nice old half-timbered house.
Maxi Mumm - Markt St. 3, 38640 Goslar. T:0049-5321-22627. Not for fans of umpta-da-da-da umpta-da-da-da music.
| König von Bayern - Markt 1, 38640 Goslar. T:0049-5321- 392090, F:0049-5321-392093.. E:Goslar(at)Koenig-von-Bayern.de. Yet another Bavarian theme bar. In the dungeon of the town hall. The more grey your hairs get, the more you'll enjoy it.
| Brewhouse Wolpertinger - Marstall St. 1, 38640 Goslar. T:0049-5321-22155. E:info(at)wolpertinger-brauhaus.de. Yet another another Bavarian theme bar, for the average Joe blog.
- 4 Star - Markt 3, 38640 Goslar. T: 0049-5321-7090, F: 0049-5321-709345. Located at the historical market place directly in the centre of town. Has also an excellent restaurant, the "Worth", and a confectionery with delicious cream cakes... yummy yummy!
- 4 Star - Klubgartenstr. 1-2, 38640 Goslar. T: 0049-5321-3160, F: 0049-5321-316444, E:niedersaechsischer-hof(at)t-online.de. Opposite of the central railway station in the centre of town, newly refurbished.
. Oker St. 40, 38640 Goslar.
ADAC. Representative in Goslar. Membership in the ADAC or partner organisations is required! Reisedienst F. Bokelmann KG, Marktkirchhof 1, 38640 Goslar, T:0049-5321 22233, F: 0049-5321-26578.
Goslar provides counselling to suffers of HIV.
The Samaritans can be contacted at T:0800-1110111.
This "Travel Guide" section is drawn from the Wikitravel article "Goslar". We hope you will edit and improve it. It is available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 license.Get around
The town's cent re is relatively small and can easily be navigated by foot. If you, however choose otherwise, then:
is comfy way to get around the town. It offers guided sight-seeing tours (in German only) through the town.See
Architecture
Heritage
The Kaiserpfalz (Emperor's Palace)Museums
Rammelsberg mining museum
Events
Nature
Do
- yes indeed Hahnenklee a part of Goslar has two ski lifts and a cable car, and there are plenty of more resorts, i.e. and in the Harz Highlands, which offer sking facilites up to grade 4/5 in a scale of 10.
- The artificial water ski lake at Salzgitter might be the right thing for you.
Hang-gliding
Rambling
Rock climbing
Mountain biking
Power walking
Sailing
Wind-Surfing
- On the river Oker, there are the right conditions for scary wild water float trips , after prior registration.
- Alternatively, you can take your canoe and rapidly "paddle" down the river Oker.
Golfing
- The ship AquaMarin of the shipping company Römermann takes you for a cruise across the Oker reservoir (south of Goslar-Oker up the river Oker, some 1,372 feet in the Harz highlands).
- Contact: Tauchertreff-Harz, Halberstädter St. 26, Goslar, T:0049-5321-6018, F:0049-5321-64047, Cellular Phone: 0049-171-6471157
Cross country motorbiking
Rallye Car Racing
Swimming
Studying
- The Bocksberg cable car in Goslar Hahnenklee takes you usually up the Bocksberg (2,383 feet), but it only operates seasonally. So alternatively try the cable car in the neighbouring or , if you are a keen cable car rider.
Collecting Mineral Specimen
Collecting Mushrooms
Visiting mines
Angling/Fishing
Learn
German as a Foreign Language
VHS, Klubgarten St. 6, 38610 Goslar, T: 0049-5321-76431 or 76433, F:0049-5321-76425, E:kvhs(at)landkreis-goslar.deWork
Most low pay job offers are available in the catering and care sector. There are several seasonal jobs on offer with several job agencies. The unemployment rate is with 13,6 % (April 2006, source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit) relatively high, so it might not be a very good idea to look for a job in Goslar, for there are hardly any.Buy...
... the little kitsch "Hexen" witch dolls...not! Goslar serves as a mid-range regional shopping centre to the Harz region. There are boutiques and department stores, where you can find anything to your liking. Locals, however, would favour Goslar in particular for the:Eat
Culinary
Altdeutsche Stuben/Teutonic Lodge Goslar's most traditional restaurant in the Old Watchtower of Achtermann Hotel. Local and international cuisine. Rosentor St. 20, 38640 Goslar.Tel:0049-5321-70000-V. Opening Hours: noon - 3 PM and 6 PM - late.Budget
Drink
There is plenty of night-life in the town, equally devided between the traditional German Kneipe Pubs and theme bars. Some clubs take fun-photos of their visitors. So if you do not wish to be photographed, tell them. Sleep
Camping Sites
Campingplatz Sennhütte, Clausthaler St. 28, 38644 Goslar, T:0049-5321-22498.Camping site in the vicinity of the town centre. Clean.
, Kreuzeck 5, 38644 Goslar-Hahnenklee, T:0049-5325-2570. Fax: 0049-5325-3392. E:kreuzeck(at)aol.com. Suited for caravans. ca. 250 places. High up in the Upper Harz in the village of Hahnenklee, ca. 5 miles to the South of Goslar. Quiet.Budget
. Jugendherberge Goslar,Rammelsberger St. 25, 38644 Goslar. T: 0049-5321-22240, F:0049-5321-41376, E: jh-goslar(at)djh-hannover.de. The YHA hostel can be found at the southwestern edge of Goslar on a hill overlooking the town. Its slate roof and half timbered facade make the building instantly recognisable. Membership of the International Youth Hostel Association is required. There are 163 beds, each room has 2 - 8 beds and a washing facility. The rooms in the annex have 12 beds and are suited for visitors with disablities.Mid-range
Splurge
- 4 Star - Rosentor St. 20, 38640 Goslar. T: 0049-5321-70000, F: 0049-5321-7000999, E:info(at)der-achtermann.de. Situated near the central railway station in the centre of town. Has a conference centre attached. Contact
Stay safe
Goslar is generally a safe place, but adopt the same safety precautions at elsewhere in Europe. In general the Goslarians are quite open minded. If you get into difficulties, then the following addresses should provide you with assistance. As everywhere, do not exploit the generosity of the locals.
- Goslar district divisional headquarters serving the Harz region. Also provides up-to-date traffic information for Goslar district (in German only). Polizeiinspektion Goslar, Heinrich-Pieper-Str. 1, 38640 Goslar. Tel. 0049-5321-339-0 V. In an emergency dial 110, the police emergency line & crimestoppers (calls in the German or English language only).Cope
Goslar at the first sight might appear boring to you, with many geezers (most of them might actually be tourists on which Goslar's economy depends somehow) on the streets, be that you are one of them. However, the first impression aside you can find your own niche and then, getting acquainted to the locals, you might find the town quite enjoyable.Get out
Harz National Park
Brocken
Braunlage
Clausthal-Zellerfeld
Sankt Andreasberg
Torfhaus
Hannövrisch Münden|Hanovermouth
Einbeck
Gernsrode
Göttingen
Gandersheim-Spa
Harzburg-Spa
Hildesheim
Hanover
Hamelin
Celle
Quedlinburg
Magdeburg
Wolfenbüttel
Brunswick
Wolfsburg
Stolberg
Nordhausen
Eichsfeld