Goslar

Goslar, an ancient walled town founded by Henry the Fowler (920 A.D.) on the river Gose at the foot of the Harz Mountains in Hanover, about 24 miles S.E. of Hildesheim. It owes its origin and prosperity to the neighbouring mines of sulphur, copper, silver, etc. There are many interesting old buildings, including a chapel of Henry III.'s cathedral (1040) with an altar supposed to be that of the idol Krodo, the Kaiserwerth, the Kaiserhaus, the monastery of NeuWerk, and the house in which Maurice of Saxony was born. It became part of Prussia in 1866.