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Country
  
Germany

District
  
Goslar

Postal codes
  
38678

Area
  
33.96 km²

Postal code
  
38678

Dialling code
  
05323

State
  
Lower Saxony

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Dialling codes
  
05323

Population
  
14,561 (31 Dec 2008)

Local time
  
Monday 9:38 PM

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Weather
  
2°C, Wind NW at 8 km/h, 100% Humidity

University
  
Clausthal University of Technology

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Clausthal-Zellerfeld is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located in the southwestern part of the Harz mountains. Its population is approximately 15,000. Clausthal-Zellerfeld was the seat of the former Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Oberharz.

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Map of 38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany

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City districts

  • Altenau-Schulenberg im Oberharz (since 2015)
  • Buntenbock (since 1972)
  • Clausthal-Zellerfeld
  • Wildemann (since 2015)

    • History

    Clausthal-Zellerfeld originally consisted of two towns which were merged in 1924 to form an administrative unit. Clausthal is well known for the old Clausthal University of Technology and its magnificent buildings, while Zellerfeld is a typical tourist resort for hikers and winter sportsmen. Clausthal-Zellerfeld is the largest town in the area that is situated in the mountains rather than on the edge.

    Mining in the area began in the 16th century. Modern wire rope was invented to service the iron mines in the 1830s by the German mining engineer Wilhelm Albert in the years between 1831 and 1834 for use in mining in the Harz Mountains in Clausthal. It was quickly accepted because it proved superior to ropes made of hemp or to metal chains, such as had been used before and soon found its way into diverse applications, including most notably, suspension bridges. The Innerste Valley Railway was inaugurated in 1877 and extended to Altenau in 1914. The large station building and 70 other buildings in the town were destroyed in an air raid on 7 October 1944. 92 people lost their lives.

    Mining activity halted in 1930 because the ore deposits were exhausted. Today, there are large remains of mines in the surrounding Harz region, some of which are now museums. The railway line was closed in 1976. The former railway station, which was rebuilt from 1961-1963 after being destroyed in 1944, houses the tourist information and the municipal library today.

    The Clausthal University of Technology was established in 1775 for the education of mining engineers. Today, it is a technical university for teaching engineering.

    Town council

    2006 local elections:

  • SPD: 19 seats
  • CDU: 9 seats
  • FDP: 3 seats
  • UWG: 2 seats (independent electors community)

    • Culture and sights

  • Oberharzer Wasserwirschaft (Upper Harz Water Management)

    • Museums

  • Upper Harz Mining Museum
  • GeoMuseum of Clausthal University of Technology

    • Buildings

  • Plants of Upper Harz Water Regale
  • Market Church in Clausthal, the largest wooden church in Germany with 2,200 seats, built 1639-42. Tower dating from 1637.
  • Old pharmacy Bergapotheke in Zellerfeld, built in 1674, with wood carvings
  • Protestant Salvator Church in Zellerfeld, built 1674-83
  • Clausthal mint (1617–1849)
  • Oberbergamt building in Clausthal, built 1726-30
  • Dietzel House in Zellerfeld, dating from 1674
  • Former railway station, destroyed 1944 and rebuilt 1961-63
  • House where Robert Koch was born

    • People from Clausthal-Zellerfeld

  • Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf (1695-1777), printer and publisher
  • Heinrich Halfeld (1797-1873), engineer
  • Carl Adolf Riebeck (1821-1883), industrialist and mining entrepreneur
  • Robert Koch (1843–1910), microbiologist
  • Otto Erich Hartleben (1864–1905), poet and dramatist
  • Robert Förster (1913-1984), diplomat
  • Helmut Sander (1920-1988), mayor of Goslar
  • Reinhard Roder (born 1941), football player, coache and -functionary
  • Dietrich Grönemeyer (born 1952), physician
  • Daniel Böhm (born 1986), biathlete

    • Notable people associated with Clausthal-Zellerfeld

  • Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767), composer
  • Johann Friedrich Ludwig Hausmann (1782–1859), mineralogist
  • Wilhelm Albert (1787–1846), mining administrator and inventor
  • Friedrich Adolph Roemer (1809–1869), geologist
  • Arnold Sommerfeld (1868–1951), theoretical physicist

    • Twin towns – Sister cities

    Clausthal-Zellerfeld is twinned with:

  • L'Aigle, France

    • References

    Clausthal-Zellerfeld Wikipedia
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