Key facts
- Elevation
- 635 m (2,083 ft)
- Parent range
- Harz Mountains
- Topo map s
- UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Part of
- Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System
- Criteria
- Cultural: i, ii, iii, iv
- Reference
- 623-001
- Inscription
- 1992 (16th Session )
- Area
- 363.3 ha (898 acres)
- Buffer zone
- 376.1 ha (929 acres)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Rammelsberg ( German pronunciation: [ˈʁaml̩sbɛʁk]) is a mountain, 635 metres (2,083 ft) high, on the northern edge of the Harz range, south of the historic town of Goslar in the North German state of Lower Saxony. The mountain is the location of an important silver, copper, and lead mine. When it closed in 1988, it had been the only mine still working continuously for over 1,000 years. Because of its long history of mining and testimony to the advancement and exchange of technology over many centuries, the visitor mine of Rammelsberg was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992.
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