Salzgitter-Bad

Last updated February 20, 2019

With a population of about 20,000, Salzgitter-Bad is the second biggest quarter of the German city Salzgitter in Lower Saxony. Salzgitter's name derives from it; the quarter is regarded as the historical and cultural centre of Salzgitter.

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Salzgitter is an independent city in southeast Lower Saxony, Germany, located between Hildesheim and Braunschweig. Together with Wolfsburg and Braunschweig, Salzgitter is one of the seven Oberzentren of Lower Saxony. With 101,079 inhabitants and 223.92 square kilometres (86.46 sq mi), its area is the largest in Lower Saxony and one of the largest in Germany. Salzgitter originated as a conglomeration of several small towns and villages, and is today made up of 31 boroughs, which are relatively compact conurbations with wide stretches of open country between them. The main shopping street of the young city is in the borough of Lebenstedt, and the central business district is in the borough of Salzgitter-Bad. The city is connected to the Mittellandkanal and the Elbe Lateral Canal by a distributary. The nearest metropolises are Braunschweig, about 23 kilometres to the northeast, and Hanover, about 51 km to the northwest. The population of the City of Salzgitter has exceeded 100,000 inhabitants since its foundation in 1942, when it was still called Watenstedt-Salzgitter. Beside Wolfsburg, Leverkusen and Eisenhüttenstadt, Salzgitter is therefore one of the few cities in Germany founded during the 20th century.

Lower Saxony is a German state (Land) situated in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with 47,624 km² (18,388 sq mi), and fourth-largest in population among the 16 Länder federated as the Federal Republic of Germany. In rural areas, Northern Low Saxon and Saterland Frisian are still spoken, but the number of speakers is declining.

History

Today's quarter Salzgitter-Bad was called "Salzgitter" until 1951 when the city "Watenstedt-Salzgitter" was renamed into "Salzgitter". In 1929, that original Salzgitter was chartered. Until 1942 when the City of Salzgitter was formed, it belonged to the then Landkreis Goslar being a small town. More information about its history can be found at Salzgitter.

Goslar is a historic town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Goslar and located on the northwestern slopes of the Harz mountain range. The Old Town of Goslar and the Mines of Rammelsberg are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Population development

ca. 650 (1539), 1550 (around 1790), 1481 (1823), 1778 (1885), 2000 (1905), 2190 (1925), 3500 (1937), ca. 23 000 (2005), ca. 20 800 (2015).

Commerce and infrastructure

Being close to Goslar, Braunschweig and Hildesheim, Salzgitter-Bad shows increasing infrastructure decline. The number of cinemas, bars and discos has declined throughout the decades. There is neither an outdoor pool any more nor a department store. Instead there have appeared some shopping centres and super markets on the area of the former goods station that fill the gap of consumer goods which was left after the closing of the department store. However, the concentration of purchasing power outside the pedestrian zone is leading to more and more shops leaving the latter. Some authorities of Salzgitter are located at Salzgitter-Bad at the Small Townhall, where there is also the Public Library of Salzgitter-Bad. Moreover, the city's archive is settled at Salzgitter-Bad.

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Salzgitter-Bad is home to Salzgitter Maschinenbau AG (SMAG) which employs approximately 900 employees located in Salzgitter-Bad, Döbeln and Shanghai. The revenue in the fiscal year 2006/2007 was approximately €100 million. The company manufactures grabs for ports, antenna supports for military and civilian applications and mining equipment.^[1]

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Traffic

Railway

Salzgitter-Bad is part of the Göttingen/Herzberg - Braunschweig railway line. The historical station building is a listed building. Surrounded by a forecourt designed elaborately, the station is located at the rim of the Altstadt . Earlier, there was another line, which is now a historic railway run for commercial reasons. Furthermore, there is a goods traffic line to the steel works in the North of Salzgitter. The economical importance of the station of Salzgitter-Bad is little, though. The goods station has been transformed into a shopping park (see under "Commerce and Infrastructure").

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Historic preservation (US), heritage preservation or heritage conservation (UK), is an endeavour that seeks to preserve, conserve and protect buildings, objects, landscapes or other artifacts of historical significance. This term refers specifically to the preservation of the built environment, and not to preservation of, for example, primeval forests or wilderness.

Bus

While earlier the railway connected the quarters of Salzgitter, especially the rural ones, nowadays this is done by buses. Salzgitter-Bad has an interior bus network; apart from this you can reach the other quarters, for example the administrative and commercial centre of Salzgitter in Salzgitter-Lebenstedt, but also other cities such as Braunschweig and Goslar.

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Road

There is no autobahn at Salzgitter-Bad. The nearest ones are the A7, which can be reached in the west, and the A39, which is in the northern part of Salzgitter. Minor highways B6 and B248 lead through Salzgitter-Bad. The quarter is connected to Salzgitter-Lebenstedt by a two-lane minor highway.

Tourism

Salzgitter-Bad is a registered spa with a brine bath in the Southern East. Earlier the bath was in the Altstadt near the historical saline, which had been discovered in the 7th century. There are Tennis, Golf, Equitation and other sport facilities that reveal Salzgitter-Bad's earlier importance as health resort and recreation locality close to the Harz mountains. By now, the promotion of tourism has faded; instead the City of Salzgitter tries to promote the entire city in terms of tourism.

Education

There are four primary schools and one combined primary school and Hauptschule. Moreover, there are one Gymnasium, one Realschule, one Hauptschule and one special school, since schools have been united in 2005 following Lower-Saxony's school reform.

Event

Every summer, Salzgitter-Bad celebrates the "Altstadt Festival" organised by various local businesses. For three days this street party offers foods and drinks, accessories, art, handcraft and a lot of activities by the associations and churches. On the public squares, there are music performances.

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References

↑ homepage of SMAG, found on 9.10.2016

External links

www.salzgitteraner.de (German)

Coordinates: 52°03′N10°22′E / 52.050°N 10.367°E / 52.050; 10.367

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[1] SMAG, found on 9.10.2016