Goslar

an ancient town of Hanover, Pru ia, on the N. slope of the Harz Mountains, 27 miles S. E. of Hildesheim. It was at one time a free imperial city, and the residence of the emperors; has several noteworthy old buildings, as the tower called the ‘* Zwinger,” with walls 23 feet thick, the late Romanesque Church Neuwerk, of the 12th goer and the Frankenberger Church (1108, restored 1880), both with ancient frescoes; the emperor’s house, built in 1050 by Henry [II., the dwelling-house of the emperors till the middle of the 13th century, the meeting place of more than 20 imperial diets, restored in 1867-1880; the town house, built in 1136-1184; and the Kaiser worth, an old building containing statues of eight emperors. In 1802 it ceased to be a free imperial town and fell to Pru ia, to whom it again returned in 1866, after having in the meantime belonged to Westpha- Gospellers; —————— lia 1816). Here were born Henry IV.) and Marshal Saxe.