Goslar Germany

We had anticipated spending our entire second day in Wolfshagen exploring but in all actuality, it’s such a small town we did that in one afternoon. So, we hit the road and drove a few miles south and found the town of Goslar to explore. I’m so glad we did because this town was the icing on the cake of our trip to Germany.

Street after little winding street in this town screams Germany, with it’s beautifully carved, hand painted half-timbered houses and slate roofs and siding. Let’s not forget the stone streets, hard on the feet, but so quaint. I read that Goslar has the largest number of old houses in Germany, 1800 of them! This was such a wealthy silver mining town some 900 years ago that many folks settled here.  They have a center market place with fountain. One of the oldest hotels still stands on the same corner, the Kaiserworth Hotel 500 years old – decorated with numerous carved characters – some more interesting than others.

After having our second breakfast, served by witches of course, we continued to wander the streets, found a great waterway lined in wood and more intricate hand-painted roof-lines, archways and doors.

As we returned to the Market we noticed everyone looking up at a building. Whoa – Glockenspiel, a clock tower with full size figures that come out 4 times a day.  The mechanical figures that appear re-enact the history of Goslar starting with the king as he feeds his horse an apple. The clock is surrounded by bells that also play on the hour.  It was noon, so we were treated to the music and procession in and out of the clock.

The final experience was walking along the same path that thousands of Germans have in the past 900 years, even Hitler himself when we visited the Kaiserpfalz; Imperial Palace of Goslar.

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