Bad Grund

Place in Lower Saxony, Germany

Town in Lower Saxony, Germany

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Coat of arms

Location of Bad Grund within Göttingen district

(2021–26) Harald Dietzmann^[1] (SPD)Area

• Total41.18 km² (15.90 sq mi)Elevation

295 m (968 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total8,114 • Density200/km² (510/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

37539

Dialling codes05327Vehicle registrationGÖ, OHAWebsitewww.gemeinde-bad-grund.de

Bad Grund (Harz) is a town in the district of Göttingen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the western Harz, approx. 7 km west of Clausthal-Zellerfeld, and 10 km north of Osterode am Harz.

Bad Grund is also the name of the former Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Bad Grund, of which Bad Grund formed part. It was disbanded in March 2013 and replaced by the Einheitsgemeinde Bad Grund.

Points of interest

Historic Market Place
St. Antony's Church was built in 1540. The church is surrounded by half-timbered houses dating from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries^[3]
WeltWald Harz
Hübichenstein
Hilfe Gottes Mine
Iberger Tropfsteinhöhle

References

^ "Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
^ G. Ulrich Großmann: Hannover und Südniedersachsen, p. 189. Köln 1999.