Bad Harzburg

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Bad Harzburg
Coordinates:	51° 53′ N, 10° 34′ E
Time zone:	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Administration
Country:	Germany
State:	Lower Saxony
District:	Goslar
City subdivisions:	8 districts
Mayor:	Ralf Abrahms (Greens)
Basic Statistics
Area:	65.42 km² (25 sq.mi.)
Population:	22,599 (30 June 2006)
- Density:	345 /km² (895 /sq.mi.)
Elevation:	261 m  (856 ft)
Further Information
Postal code:	38667
Area code:	05322
Licence plate code:	GS
Website:	www.stadt-bad-harzburg.de

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

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 City districts 2 History 2.1 Demographics 3 Politics 3.1 Town council 4 Persons 4.1 Honorary citizen 4.2 People from Bad Harzburg 5 External links

[edit] Geography

[edit] City districts

• Bad Harzburg
• Bettingerode
• Bündheim
• Eckertal
• Göttingerode
• Harlingerode
• Schlewecke
• Westerode

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] Politics

[edit] 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 %)

[edit] Persons

[edit] Honorary citizen

• 1895 Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898), Reichskanzler

[edit] People from Bad Harzburg

• Waldemar Koch (1880–1963), politician
• Frithjof Schmidt (born 1953), politician

[edit] External links

• Bad Harzburg Tourism (German)
• Bad Harzburg at the Open Directory Project (suggest site)