Friedrich-Adolph-Roemer-Denkmal

Adminstrative centre for mining activities in Upper Harz and northern Germany. Their archives are extensive and worth seeing.

The original church was destroyed in the great fire in 1634. It was decided to replace it with a wooden church, which was completed in 1642. It is now the largest wooden church in Germany and can seat up to 2200 people. Inside there's a massive organ and a great altar.

The collections of the Technical University are among the largest in Germany.

In one of the oldest and longest-used mines in the area, you can walk down stairs to the bottom of the mine.

This buildings was donated by the alumni of the mining academy in the 1920s and has served as an event venue ever since. The "Jugend Forscht" (lit. "Youth is researching" event) takes place here yearly.

Germany's second oldest preserved iron headframe. The shaft had a depth of 1000 m.