BAD HARZBURG

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'Bad Harzburg' is a spa-town in the centre of Germany, in the Goslar district, Lower Saxony.

Contents

Geography

City districts

History

Demographics

Politics

Town council

Persons

Honorary citizen

People from Bad Harzburg

External links

References

Geography

City districts

★ Bad Harzburg

★ Bettingerode

★ Bündheim

★ Eckertal

★ Göttingerode

★ Harlingerode

★ Schlewecke

★ Westerode

History

Between 1065–1068 a castle (the ''Harzburg'') was built there but was destroyed so only ruins remain today. The ''Burgberg Aerial Tramway'' runs up the castle hill. In 1892 it was given the title "Bad" (=Bath) and started to become an important tourist attraction.

Demographics

Year Inhabitants 1821 4,358 1848 4,679 1871 6,132 1885 7,630 1905 11,568 1925 14,164

Year Inhabitants 1933 14,744 1939 16,686 1946 27,417 1950 29,901 1956 26,487

Year Inhabitants 1961 25,946 1968 26,256 1970 25,334 1975 25,780 1980 24,924

Year Inhabitants 1985 23,662 1990 23,882 1995 23,599 2000 23,100 2005 22,734

Politics

Town council

2006 local elections:

★ SPD: 13 seats (38,5 %)

★ CDU: 12 seats (34,8 %)

★ Green: 3 seats (8,5 %)

★ FDP: 2 seats (6,9 %)

★ Offensive D: 2 seats (6,6 %)

★ WTD: 2 seats (4,8 %)

Persons

Honorary citizen

★ 1895 Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898), ''Reichskanzler''

People from Bad Harzburg

★ Waldemar Koch (1880–1963), politician

★ Frithjof Schmidt (born 1953), politician

External links

★ Bad Harzburg Tourism

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References

1. Bevölkerungsfortschreibung Niedersächsisches Landesamt für Statistik