Salzgitter Voyage Tips and guide

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Salzgitter is a large town in the east of Lower Saxony, about 50 km from Hannover, the capital. It was founded in 1942 by the Nazi government, to serve as a new industrial center for steel production during the war, and stands out as one of only a few German cities to be founded in the 20th century, along with Eisenhüttenstadt and Wolfsburg. The town is made up of some 31 boroughs, spread over 25 km north to south and 19 km east to west. The population has stood at over 100,000 since gaining its status as a major town in Germany in the 1950s. Founded on its large deposits of iron ore, it continued producing steel up to the end of the 1980s. One of the shafts, Konrad, is now a major storage of low level radioactive waste.

Salzgitter is easy to reach via the A39 from Braunschweig connecting to all points east and west via the A7 and A2.

Rail connections are via 3 lines at 6 stations in and around the town. Connections available from Halle, Herzberg am Harz, Braunschweig and Hannover.

52°8′57″N 10°19′31″E

Map of Salzgitter

• 52.1357210.337521 Municipal Museum Château Salder (Städtisches Museum Schloss Salder), Museum Straße 34a, ☏ +49 5341 839-4612. Tu-Sa 10:00 – 17:00, Sunday and public holidays 11:00 – 17:00. A German palace built in 1608 in the Weser-Renaissance Style. The Castle comprises the following exhibitions: Town History Museum; Museum of Industry, Technologie, Work and Mobility; and Museum of Art. In the museum's grounds there are further exhibitions showing an historical Wind Mill and the story of baking, and an exhibition to Climate Change, Man and the Environment. There is a restaurant opened from Tuesday to Sunday 12:00-22:00. Free. 
• 52.0523410.375742 Kniestedter Kirche. 15th-century church. 
• 52.19361110.4736113 Stift Steterburg. 
• 52.0882710.372054 Marienkirche. 
• 52.13814110.3367625 Schlosskirche Salder. 
• 52.122110.28766 Burg Lichtenberg. 12th-century ruin. (updated Nov 2020)
• 52.0346210.3109827 Schloss Ringelheim. 10th-century cloister extended in the 19th century. 
• 52.15417510.33018 Turm der Arbeit, Lebenstedt. 
• 52.1574510.355649 Gedenkstätte Friedhof Jammertal, Lebenstedt. 
• 52.0481410.3715710 Klesmer Denkmal. 
• 52.15694410.30511 Salzgittersee. 

• 52.1548110.301381 Waterski & Wakeboard Cableways (Lake Salzgitter, car park West), ☏ +49 5341 1891943, [email protected]. 1hr - adult: €17, child: €12. For more prices check the website. 
• Dampflok-Gemeinschaft 41 096 e.V. (Warnetalbahn). Steam train ride 

• 52.15432310.3270811 ^{[dead link]} Pizza Cheese, Albert-Schweitzer-Straße 61, 38226, ☏ +49 5341 1885959. (updated Jan 2016)
• 52.15343910.3337162 Syrtaki, Berliner Str. 12, ☏ +49 5341 14211. (updated Feb 2016)

• 52.04715310.3714661 Ratskeller, Marktpl. 10, ☏ +49 5341 301320. (updated Jan 2016)
• 52.1501210.31872 Hotel am See, Kampstraße 37-42, ☏ +49 5341 18900. 

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