European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Picture Wetty goer Story and photos by Linda White travel editor take twice As much film As you think youll need when you visit this year old town in the Harz mountains of North Ern Germany is a photographers More than of its houses Are half timbered and decorated with Bright coloured As Beautiful As they the houses Are not museum pieces but the Homes of everyday some persons still live in the old town about the same number As in the Middle and though the town is not Large and is compact and easily it is impossible to see everything in one a weekend there will be and if you wish to see the surrounding allow a couple of extra a Good starting place for a stroll through town is the spacious Market Square Market Days Are tuesday and where the cobblestones radiate from the foun Tain of the gilded Imperial the tiny Balcony of the arcaded town Hall is a Good Vantage Point to watch the glockenspiel at the top of the building just across the Square at 9 3 and 6 stake out a place Early if you want to take the figures represent the miners of the the Moun Tain above town and source of Goslar wealth for 10 take a look inside the town Hall at the Huldi the Hall of decorated in priceless Wall and ceiling walk around the paying attention to the decorative details of the build on the Corner of the a former Guild House now a is the Ducat a rude Little Fig ure who graphically Demon Strates Goslar right to mint he has been adopted As the towns Good Luck Symbol and adorns Sou Venir coins and then choose from any number of winding where the houses lean a Kisly against one those that Are not half timbered Are Likely to have slate often ornately the tourist office on the Market Square has maps and English listings of the most important dont miss the a building ornamented with carvings of grotesque or the a baroque building with a massive Black Home of the famous Siemens Industrial the alte attn be old mint and the White Swan now contain restaurants and a the Balkan Grill there has Good Good service and reasonable prices in an old world several defense towers and City Gates still among the noteworthy churches Are the the the Neuwerk Kirche and the Franken the great holy the Little holy Cross and Anne Stift Are old Peoples but the chapels can be sooner or the cobbled streets will Lead you to the the residence of emperors set atop a Grassy it was a favorite of Kaiser Heinrich who literally left his heart in Goslar it is beneath the grave slab in the Palace once a Cathedral made up part of the Palace but everything except the Entrance was torn Down in this Dom Vonhalle is adorned with Carv Ings of the Patron saints Judas and standing watch Between two and above them Mary and the child Jesus with two if you dont feel up to a top hatted coach Man gives Tours that hit the High Points for 30 Marks about per he and his horse drawn Carriage can be found daily in the Market Goslar has several Good All Worth the town museum rambles up and Down the ornate staircases of an historic it contains a Model of the town and Model reconstruction of the the life size crucifixion scene dating from 1520 is impressive for the faces As Well As the size of the there Are instruments of torture with graphic illustrations of How they were there is a 17thcentury Kitchen and an apothecary lab with a Skull lying casually on the one room is devoted to the mining another to Folk the natural history Section has a display of Birds eggs and mushrooms in addition to the usual stuffed game and butterflies on top hatted Coachman Eads  Tours that Start in Goslar Market entry is Marks about 80 cents and an English guide Booklet costs Marks about 50 the museum is open tuesday saturday 10 and 35 sunday 10 the museum of modern Art meanders through the Monche Haus monks with displays varying from month to each the museum awards the prestigious Kaiser ring to an artist last year the Winner was Willem de in sunny the sculpture Garden containing work by Alexander Calder and Max among others is entry is free and hours Are the same As a private museum of dolls and musical instruments is located on the Hoher the musical instruments Range from Al horns to glittering electric there Are brass and harps and harps mini violins and tiny a hillbilly steel guitar from 1935 a jugs beside a hungarian zither painted with Blue and red there is even a musical the doll museum displays dolls and doll houses next door is a room of african the museum is open daily 10 entry is 2 Marks about 70 the Zwinger museum in one of the old Tow watch towers contains artefacts from the late Middle Here again Are instruments of torture and a Large col Lection of including a Large entry is 2 Marks for Marks for it is open daily 9 this Tower which dates from 1517 and has Walls almost 20 feet thick also contains Holiday apartments for from two to five ranging from 65 to 105 Marks about to per for Contact Burgim Thoma Strasse d3380 there is a restaurant and cafe in the Tower try its Rote Grutze with a North German dessert specially made of the red fruits of the if it is on the daily this dessert Cost Marks about a Dou ble portion of Coffee was Marks about on the other Side of the hotel Der Achtermann is built into the historic keep of the medieval with Tower and the Al Deutsche stube in its cellar is decorated with wooden beams and its ceiling painted with Coats of arms of neighbouring niches for cozy meals Lead off the main dining the set menus Are 10 to 25 Marks about to every selected Quick dishes Are and daily there Are four selected meals which can be order in Small portions at Hal Price plus 2 this is a Boon for those who Are dismayed by the giant size of German por Der Achtermann rooms All have Bath or Shower and Toi radio and bed and breakfast ranges from 85 to 188 Marks about to per room per owner Heinrich Oberhuber is often on hand to Greet and enjoys talking with i like to practice speaking he i Learned it from Texas for a Contact hotel Der d 3380 Goslar is America and Many of the townsmen say they would like to see More american visitors just to see the but to get a feel for the German German Border in this part of the division of the country is eve present and is More often mentioned than in the Central we want americans to really under stand the to feel the atmosphere of a Border that cant be Oberhuber if you come to Goslar by Check the connections through if you Are the town is about 20 Kilometres from the a7 Kassel Hannover about Halfway Between Gottinger and parking can be a problem in town almost All the places on the streets Are there Are several parking garages charging six Marks about for 24 the parking lot in front of the Kaise Pfalz is but limited to four hours on work shops generally close Between 1 and 2 for lunch and saturday afternoons except for the first saturday of the the Best souvenirs Are the Brocken hand carved in the Harz mountains where they once held their witches sabbaths 45rpm recordings of the glockenspiel music Ducat Man coins Silver or tin items made from the Ore mined in the Rammelsberg a picture map of the and a picture Book in three languages including each Goslar has a big the Altstadt this it will be for brochures in English about Contact tourist Markt d3380 Goslar 05321704215 or uses costume reflects life in the Middle Ages in a favorite with visitors to Voslar is the glockenspiel lop of Page 14 the stars and stripes april the stars and stripes Page 15