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Salzgitter-Bad
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 pur-
chasing 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.
Salzgitter-Bad is home to Salzgitter Maschinenbau
AG (SMAG) which employs approximately 900 employees
located in Salzgitter-Bad, Döbeln and Shanghai. The rev-
enue in the fiscal year 2006/2007 was approximately €100
million. The company manufactures grabs for ports, an-
tenna supports for military and civilian applications and
mining equipment [1].
Traffic
Position of Salzgitter-Bad
Railway
With a population of about 20,000, Salzgitter-Bad is
Salzgitter-Bad is part of the Göttingen/Herzberg - Braun-
the second biggest quarter of the German city Salzgitter
schweig railway line. The historical station building is a
in Lower Saxony. Salzgitter’s name derives from it; the
listed building. Surrounded by a forecourt designed elab-
quarter is regarded as the historical and cultural centre
orately, the station is located at the rim of the Altstadt.
of Salzgitter.
Earlier, there was another line, which is now a historic
railway run for commercial reasons. Furthermore, there
History is a goods traffic line to the steel works in the North
of Salzgitter. The economical importance of the station
Today’s quarter Salzgitter-Bad was called "Salzgitter"
of Salzgitter-Bad is little, though. The goods station has
until 1951 when the city "Watenstedt-Salzgitter" was re-
been transformed into a shopping park (see under "Com-
named into "Salzgitter". In 1929, that original Salzgitter
merce and Infrastructure").
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
Bus
found at Salzgitter. 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 net-
Population development work; apart from this you can reach the other quarters,
ca. 650 (1539), 1550 (around 1790), 1481 (1823), 1778 for example the administrative and commercial centre of
(1885), 2000 (1905), 2190 (1925), 3500 (1937), ca. 23 000 Salzgitter in Salzgitter-Lebenstedt, but also other cities
(2005). such as Braunschweig and Goslar.
Road
Commerce and infrastructure
There is no autobahn at Salzgitter-Bad. The nearest ones
Being close to Goslar, Braunschweig and Hildesheim, are the A7, which can be reached in the west, and the
Salzgitter-Bad shows increasing infrastructure decline.
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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 prima-
ry school and Hauptschule. Moreover there are one Gym-
nasium, 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 per-
formances.
References
[1] homepage of SMAG, found on 16.10.2011 (German)
Clock on Klesmerplatz
See also
A39, which is in the northern part of Salzgitter. Minor Salzgitter
highways B6 and B248 lead through Salzgitter-Bad. The Salzgitter-Ringelheim
quarter is connected to Salzgitter-Lebenstedt by a two- Innerste
lane minor highway. Harz
Lower Saxony
Tourism
Salzgitter-Bad is a registered spa with a brine bath in the External links
Southern East. Earlier the bath was in the Altstadt near • www.salzgitter-bad.de (German)
the historical saline, where there had been found rock Coordinates: 52°03′N 10°22′E / 52.05°N 10.367°E / 52.05;
salt in 1850. There are Tennis, Golf, Equitation and other 10.367
sport facilities that reveal Salzgitter-Bad’s earlier impor-
tance as health resort and recreation locality close to the
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