18 Facts About Goslar

Goslar is a historic town in Lower Saxony, Germany.

Conrad II, once elected King of the Romans, celebrated Christmas 1024 in Goslar and had the foundations laid for the new Imperial Palace the next year.

Goslar became the favourite residence of Conrad's son Henry III who stayed at the palace about twenty times.

Goslar's heart was buried in Goslar, his body in the Salian family vault in Speyer Cathedral.

Under Henry IV, Goslar remained a centre of Imperial rule; however, conflicts intensified such as in the violent Precedence Dispute at Pentecost 1063.

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Goslar was again stormed and plundered by Otto's troops in 1206.

Goslar was temporarily placed under Imperial ban, while the Protestant Reformation was introduced in the city by theologian Nicolaus von Amsdorf who issued a first church constitution in 1531.

Goslar remained loyal to the Imperial authority, solemnly celebrating each accession of a Holy Roman Emperor.

Nevertheless, the status of Imperial immediacy was finally lost, when Goslar was annexed by Prussian forces during the Napoleonic Wars in 1802, confirmed by the German Mediatisation the next year.

Temporarily part of the Kingdom of Westphalia upon the Prussian defeat at the 1806 Battle of Jena–Auerstedt, Goslar finally was assigned to the newly established Kingdom of Hanover by resolution of the Vienna Congress.

Again under Prussian rule after the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, Goslar became a popular retirement residence and a garrison town of the Prussian Army.

Goslar's mayor replaced the bottle with a copy of the 1930 message, adding his own confidential message.

Town centre of Goslar serves as a regional shopping centre to the Northern Harz region.

Largest employers in Goslar are H C Starck, the tourism sector, and the civil service.

Many residents of Goslar commute to Salzgitter, where car production, steel works and white collar jobs are based.

Goslar has excellent road links, as well as rail links connecting it to the major European population centres.

Goslar serves as a major transport hub for the Upper Harz mountains .

BBS 1 Goslar -Am Stadtgarten- is focused on education in business administration, economics, health services and information and communications technology .