Goslar Hotels

Goslar is a historic town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Goslar and located on the northwestern slopes of the Harz mountain range. The Old Town of Goslar and the Mines of ammelsberg are UNESCO World Heritage SitesGoslar is situated at the northwestern foot of the Lower-Saxon highlands: the Harz mountains. The Kahlerberg/Schalke is the highest elevation within the municipal boundaries at 763 m. The lowest point of 175 m is near the Oker river. Geographically, Goslar forms the boundary between the Hildesheim Downs which are part of the Northern German Plain, and the Harz Range, which is the highest, northern-most extension of the Middle German Mountain Range. The Hildesheim Downs are characterised by plains with rich clay soils – used agriculturally for sugar beet farming – nterlaced with several hill ranges commonly known as the Hildesheim Forest and Salzgitter Hills. ediately to the south, the Harz mountains rise above the historic borough at a height of 636 m. Forestry dominates the scape. Three rivers cross the municipal boundary: the Oker, the Abzucht and the Gose. The Gose river begins approximately 9 km south-west of Goslar at the Auerhahn pass in the Harz mountains. At the northern foot of the Herz Hi the smaller Abzucht river meets the Gose before it flows into the Oker.