weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

For our last enroute stop of the day, we drove 100km/60mi further east to the town of GOSLAR, known for its medieval old town and half-timbered houses. Wikipedia has a huge long story about the very convoluted and contentious history of Goslar and there is no way to post this here, not even in an abbreviated manner. Here is the link to the lengthy article, it does make for very interesting reading if you want to learn more of European history in this corner of the continent. I will just very lightly summarize it in the following paragraphs:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goslar#History

HISTORY - Iron ore mining was common in the Harz region since Roman times; the earliest known evidences date back to the 3rd century AD and became even more important when extensive silver deposits were discovered at the nearby Rammelsberg. The riches to be gained from these quarrying and smelting operations led to extensive conflicts between various houses of nobility and the citizens and from about the 11th to the 19th centuries resulted in several periods of increasing and waning local influences, with powers from near as well as far away places being involved. The Rammelsberg mines were finally closed in 1988, after a millennial history of mining.

Today, tourism is a booming sector in Goslar and the city has become a popular conference venue. Since 1975, the town confers an annual award of the "Imperial Ring" to a personality who has made an outstanding contribution to society and the arts. It is considered to be the "Nobel Prize" of the art world and its laureates include Henry Moore, Joseph Beuys, Christo, Dani Karavan etc. Together with the Rammelsberg Mines, the old town of Goslar was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992.
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In this first set covering GOSLAR, we take a leisurely stroll on a sunny day through the old town and enjoy the stately buildings and interesting details in the facades of the old structures.

Notes
TRIP INFO: Set # 1 provides a brief introduction, maps and information for the entire series. Find it at:
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-693834-1.html

EARLIER POSTS of this series: Access my topic list, the new posts are listed in reverse chronological order:
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/user-topic-list?usernum=45105

Thank you for visiting, I recommend viewing the downloads and look forward to your comments and questions.

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1 - Intro on the background of a cozy corner on the Schilderstrasse opposite St Jacob's church

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2 - Cobblestoned narrow street with great facades

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3 - Half-timbered house with interesting facade decoration, inscriptions: Be silent, have patience and do not despair; You are struck by jealousy, envy and plague - such persecution; Sing to God the Lord, his strength manifests you every day


4 - Interesting detail of a facade of an old house

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5 - Decorative simple window

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6 - St Jacob's church, dating back to 1073

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7 - Ratsgymnasium (1528), a local college

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8 - Cozy corner on the Schilderstrasse opposite St Jacob's church

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9 - Building on Rosentorstrasse

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10 - Interesting and unusual facade elements at left with bricks, also interesting continuation of the roof tiles into the walls of the dormer windows

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weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Trip map of the Germany segment for your reference

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Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Curious, about what percentage of the old town streets are one wagon wide?

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

I missed adding the download button to image #3, so here it comes again:

3 - Half-timbered house with interesting facade decoration, inscriptions: Be silent, have patience and do not despair; You are struck by jealousy, envy and plague - such persecution; Sing to God the Lord, his strength manifests you every day

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angler Loc: StHelens England

Excellent shots Joe.

Susan yamakawa

I am enjoying your tours 👍👍😊😊

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Very good question Bill, and I have really no idea, but looking at Google Map and zooming in to the old town core, I would estimate that roughly one quarter of the streets fall into this category. Unfortunately, Google Map seems to be quite limited in Streetview in Germany and that makes the evaluation more difficult.

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you Jim, glad you liked them

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you Susan, I am very glad to hear that!

PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago

Thank you for sharing the images of GOSLAR. Enjoyable stroll through the time.Very informative info and great images. Stan

NMGal Loc: NE NM

Really nice tour, Joe. That church is not quite a thousand years old. The stories it could tell!

RichardTaylor Loc: Sydney, Australia

Great set that helps recall real good memories from a vacation, chasing my wife's family history, long ago.

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Another wonderful set, Joe.

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you Stan for viewing the set and your kind comment, I am very happy to hear that you enjoyed our stroll through time!

weberwest Loc: Ferndale WA

Thank you Barbara, Goslar was a cute place, we very much enjoyed it, I just felt sorry that we didn't spend more time in this particular area and take a trip into the Harz mountains that just start behind this town - I had a block in my planning there! And yes, that church, I agree, the stories it could tell would be amazing!