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Bad Harzburg is a spa town in central Germany, in the Goslar district, Lower Saxony. Geography: Bad Harzburg is situated at the northern foot of the Harz mountain range and the rim of the Harz National Park. In the east of the municipality is the border to the state of Saxony-Anhalt, the former inner German border. The small "Radau" river, a tributary to the Oker, has its source in the Harz mountains and flows through the locality. Neighbouring municipalities are the city of Goslar in the west, the towns of Vienenburg in the north, Braunlage in the south as well as Ilsenburg and Osterwieck in the east. City districts: * Bad Harzburg * Bettingerode * Bündheim * Eckertal * Göttingerode * Harlingerode * Schlewecke * Westerode History: According to legend Charlemagne had a chapel built on the "Burgberg" mountain (482m/1,581ft) about 780 in the place of a Saxon sacred grove dedicated to the pagan god "Krodo". In 916 a college of canons was founded by King Conrad I and transferred to the ... Read more about Bad Harzburg on Wikipedia