After a construction period of just under one and a half years, the third and, for the time being, last World Heritage Information Center of the World Heritage Foundation in the Harz Mountains opened its doors on 18 September 2022.
On around 170 square meters of exhibition space, the accessible World Heritage Information Centre in Clausthal Zellerfeld presents an overview of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Rammelsberg Mine, Goslar's Old Town and the Upper Harz Water Management System. The centerpiece of the World Heritage Information Centers in Goslar and Walkenried also has its place: The 3 D landscape model, with video projection, which illustrates the process of change of the 3,000-year-old cultural landscape in the Western Harz. Man - nature - technology are brought into a temporal and contextual relationship here. The film offers guests the unique opportunity to get a bird's eye view of the entire UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Harz Mountains and its underground dimensions, but also to get to know its impressive history.
Discover the diversity of the World Heritage Site
Be amazed at which buildings, ground monuments and water systems - above and below ground - are part of the Harz World Heritage ensemble. Particularly noteworthy are: the Rammelsberg above and below ground with today's museum and visitor mine and the mining-influenced old town of Goslar, the Upper Harz water management system around Clausthal-Zellerfeld with its more than 300-kilometre-long system of ponds and ditches, the Samson mine in Sankt Andreasberg, the monastery complex in Walkenried, the 19-Lachter adit in Wildemann, the Knesebeck mine in Bad Grund and the Ottiliae shaft and Kaiser Wilhelm II shaft in Clausthal-Zellerfeld.
With an individual "roadmap" through the World Heritage Site
The World Heritage Sites in the immediate vicinity of the World Heritage Information Center are the focus of the local perspective and thus the last exhibition area: six audio stations vividly convey what you can discover on site. People from the World Heritage Site in the Harz region give their personal recommendations and tips on what can be experienced in the immediate vicinity of the World Heritage Information Center - be it: a guided tour of the former Rammelsberg ore mine, a hike along the capercaillie cascade in Hahnenklee or a visit to the venerable imperial palace in Goslar.
Before setting off on a tour to the authentic World Heritage Sites, you can put together your own itinerary at a media terminal. It offers a wealth of information on tourist attractions and provides an overview of current events. Whether it's options for bad weather, accessible places or events for the whole family - you can decide. You can download your own "roadmap" digitally onto your smartphone and print it out.
Discover the diversity of the World Heritage Site
Be amazed at which buildings, ground monuments and water systems - above and below ground - are part of the Harz World Heritage ensemble. Particularly noteworthy are: the Rammelsberg above and below ground with today's museum and visitor mine and the mining-influenced old town of Goslar, the Upper Harz water management system around Clausthal-Zellerfeld with its more than 300-kilometre-long system of ponds and ditches, the Samson mine in Sankt Andreasberg, the monastery complex in Walkenried, the 19-Lachter adit in Wildemann, the Knesebeck mine in Bad Grund and the Ottiliae shaft and Kaiser Wilhelm II shaft in Clausthal-Zellerfeld.
With an individual "roadmap" through the World Heritage Site
The World Heritage Sites in the immediate vicinity of the World Heritage Information Center are the focus of the local perspective and thus the last exhibition area: six audio stations vividly convey what you can discover on site. People from the World Heritage Site in the Harz region give their personal recommendations and tips on what can be experienced in the immediate vicinity of the World Heritage Information Center - be it: a guided tour of the former Rammelsberg ore mine, a hike along the capercaillie cascade in Hahnenklee or a visit to the venerable imperial palace in Goslar.
Before setting off on a tour to the authentic World Heritage Sites, you can put together your own itinerary at a media terminal. It offers a wealth of information on tourist attractions and provides an overview of current events. Whether it's options for bad weather, accessible places or events for the whole family - you can decide. You can download your own "roadmap" digitally onto your smartphone and print it out.
