Region: Harz/Göttingen

“Sometimes you just need a good eye for the potential within an unknown or provincial-seeming location.” (Jürgen Prochnow)

Craggy granite cliffs, and gnarly spruce trees down the hillsides; all wreathed in murky fog. The rivers murmur and chuckle as they gently thread their way through the moors. A place to experience nature both when in green bloom or when snow decks the mountains, hills, and valleys, and all is sparkling white: with an area of 2,226 square kilometres, Germany‘s Harz region spans the low mountainous terrain of three federal states. It‘s an easy-to-reach skiing destination that has it all: alpine pistes, fun parks for snowboarders, long-distance cross-country ski runs, slopes for sledging, snow-tubing runs, and winter hiking trails. Niedersachsen can claim: we have everything – not just the coast, but mountains too. The region‘s architecture is also of great historical interest: picturesque artisans‘ workshops and castles, as well as numerous relics of the Harz‘s traditional mining industry.

Town Hall Göttingen (Gö Tourismus e.V.) | Lokhalle | Harz Mountains (Harzer Verkehrsverband)

The university city of Göttingen lies on the south-eastern edge of Niedersachsen; in the city‘s centre lies its dignified medieval town hall and the market fountain with the famous “Gänseliesel” or ‘goose girl’, the “most often-kissed girl in the world”. Splendid churches and richly decorated artisans‘ workshops from the Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque periods still lend this lively city an air of the medieval and of Hanseatic grandeur. German cinema made history in Göttingen: in the post-war era, among other productions, over 90 films were made in the studios of the “Göttinger Filmaufbau Gesellschaft”, featuring the actor Heinz Ehrhardt, amongst others. And the first feature-length animated German film was produced in the studios of Gerhard Fieber, inventor of the “Mainzelmännchen” cartoon figures popular in Germany.

The thriller "Antikörper" was created in the Harz region. Among other things, the town of Goslar served as part of the backdrop for "Baltic Storm", the cinema film about the sinking of the Baltic ferry Estonia. Goslar was also the location for the water studio in which the dramatic scenes of "Das Wunder von Lengede" were shot. Among other things, the Harz provided locations for "Salami Aleikum", as well as for numerous documentaries and episodes of the German NDR channel‘s "Tatort" (Crime Scene) series.

Contact details for further information:

Stadt Göttingen
Detlef Johannson
Referat für Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Neues Rathaus
Hiroshimaplatz 1–4
37083 Göttingen
Tel. +49 (0)551-400 2320
Fax +49 (0)551-400 2098
E-Mail oeffentlichkeitsarbeit@goettingen.de
www.goettingen.de

Stadt Göttingen
Manfred Kuhlmann
Fachbereich Ordnung und Umwelt
Neues Rathaus
Hiroshimaplatz 1–4
37083 Göttingen
Tel. +49 (0)551-400 2711
Fax +49 (0)551-400 2710
www.goettingen.de

GOSLAR marketing gmbh
Veranstaltungsmanagement
Jürgen Seggelke
Markt 7
38640 Goslar
Tel. +49 (0)5321-780 690
Fax +49 (0)5321-780 655
Mobil 0175-22 32 914
E-Mail Juergen.Seggelke@goslar.de

Stadt Goslar
Pressestelle
Susanne Roßdeutscher
Markt 1
38640 Goslar
Tel. +49-(0)5321-704 226
Fax +49-(0)5321-704 219
E-Mail susanne.rossdeutscher@goslar.de
www.goslar.de