An impressive way to learn more about the history of Goslar: This pewter figure museum (Zinnfigurenmuseum) offers guided tours along the numerous showcases telling about the city’s history.
Tag: Lower Saxony
House Kaiserworth in Goslar
The house with the name Kaiserworth was built in 15th century as guildhall for the cloth merchants. At this time they were the wealthiest people in the city and so the building looks like. Today it houses a hotel and restaurant. The figures represents different emperors.
Slate-faced building in Goslar
Goslar is a city which really can’t deny that there were slate mines nearby for many centuries. I saw a lot of slate-faced buildings in this city, which is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites now.
Shift bosses’ change room in Rammelsberg
This is NOT contemporary art but the shift bosses’ change room (Steigerkaue) in the world heritage site of Rammelsberg mine. Instead of lockers, the shift bosses used these baskets for storing their clothes and put them high up in the hall.
First aid room at Rammelsberg Mine in Goslar
Walking through the museums of the visitor mine and world heritage site Rammelsberg near Goslar gives an educative insight into the miners’ lives. For example, you see this first aid room equipped with materials from the 1980s.
Roeder Gallery at Rammelsberg Mine
There are several underground tours exploring the Rammelsberg Mine. I took the shortest one which goes through the Roeder Gallery. On this tour you follow the route of the water, channelled into the mine to set big water wheels in motion.
Fagus Factory in Alfeld
The Fagus factory is a very special world heritage site because the factory is still in operation. The buildings house a production for shoe lasts as well as a museum about the history of the company and shoes in general. The architecture is considered as an example of early modern architecture and was designed by Walter Gropius and Adolf Mayer.
Bhairava statue in Hildesheim
On my photo walk through Hildesheim I came across this replica of a Bhairava statue next to the Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum. The replica was created for an exhibition about Indonesian art and culture in the year 1995.
Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum
The Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum in Hildesheim presents a compilation of Ancient Egyptian and Ancient Peruvian art. It also offers a collection of Chinese porcelain and some stuff in Natural History.
Thousand-year rose of Hildesheim
The Rose of Hildesheim grows on a wall of the Hildesheim Cathedral, which has been on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites since 1985. The rose bush, a Rosa canina or wild dog rose, is believed to be the oldest living rose in the world.
Contemporary soffit at Butcher’s Guildhall in Hildesheim
The probably most famous building at the market square of Hildesheim is the guildhall of the butchers (Knochenhaueramtshaus). It was destroyed in March 1945 and has been completely restored after 1986.
Celle Palace at night in Celle
On the way back to my hotel I passed the palace of Celle (Schloss Celle) again. Sometimes a walk around a castle at night is even more exciting than in the daylight. Especially if you are alone in the streets.
- Schloss Celle (Wikipedia)