Old Town of Goslar - Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System
Goslar, Germany
21.06.2018
The Upper Harz mining water management system, which lies south of the Rammelsberg mines and the town of Goslar, has been developed over a period of some 800 years to assist in the process of extracting ore for the production of non-ferrous metals. Its construction was first undertaken in the Middle Ages by Cistercian monks, and it was then developed on a vast scale from the end of the 16th century until the 19th century. It is made up of an extremely complex but perfectly coherent system of artificial ponds, small channels, tunnels and underground drains. It enabled the development of water power for use in mining and metallurgical processes. It is a major site for mining innovation in the western world.
Building, Architecture or Landscape
Interchange of Human Values
Masterpiece of Human Creative Genius
Testimony to a Cultural Tradition
Buildings
Churches and Monestaries
Fachwerkbauten
Jakobikirche
Kaiserpfalz
Kaiserpfalz - Luftansicht
Kaiserworth
Marktkirche Sankt Cosmas Und Damina
Marktplatz
Neuwerkkirche
Ratsgymnasium
Sankt Annenhaus
Zwinger