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Bad Sachsa

Bad Sachsa
Coat of arms of Bad Sachsa
Coat of arms
Bad Sachsa  is located in Germany
Bad Sachsa
Bad Sachsa
Coordinates: 51°35′49″N 10°33′08″E / 51.59694°N 10.55222°E / 51.59694; 10.55222Coordinates: 51°35′49″N 10°33′08″E / 51.59694°N 10.55222°E / 51.59694; 10.55222
Country Germany
State Lower Saxony
District Göttingen
Government
 • Mayor Axel Hartmann (CDU)
Area
 • Total 33.13 km2 (12.79 sq mi)
Elevation 310 m (1,020 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
 • Total 7,510
 • Density 230/km2 (590/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 37441
Dialling codes 05523, 05525
Vehicle registration GÖ, OHA
Website www.bad-sachsa.de

Bad Sachsa is a town in the district of Göttingen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town was one of the few municipalities in West Germany that imported electric power from former East Germany. This was done via Neuhof Substation.

Bad Sachsa is situated in the southern Harz, approximately 15 km south of Braunlage, and 25 km southeast of Osterode am Harz.

The oldest existing document in which Sachsa is mentioned was written in 1229. The settlement officially gained town status in 1525. Tourism started around 1860. After the town had been recognized as a health resort by the government in 1905 the name was changed to "Bad Sachsa" with "Bad" meaning spa.

Bad Sachsa is known for being the town where Berthold Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg and his four siblings were sent by the Nazis in 1944, following the failed 20 July plot. Their father was executed and their pregnant mother was interned in a concentration camp with two elders. The Stauffenberg children lived in Bad Sachsa during 1944-45. Other families of the executed officers were imprisoned here. All were left there without their parents and with changed names.

Ravensberg Mountain (660 metres) offering a scenic view of the whole Harz is used for various winter sports.

Bad Sachsa is easily accessible by train as it has a railway station on the South Harz Railway. The neighbouring towns and villages can be reached by bus.

St. Nikolai Church

Town Hall

River Uffe opposite the Town Hall

High Street

Market Place

Sachsenburg Ruins



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