Bad Sachsa
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.
Geography
Bad Sachsa is situated in the southern Harz, approximately 15 km south of Braunlage, and 25 km southeast of Osterode am Harz.History
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.
Winter Sports
Ravensberg Mountain offering a scenic view of the whole Harz is used for various winter sports.Sights
- The Town Hall was built in a Jugendstil style which was very popular in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. It has several oriels, a veranda and a pavilion. The conference hall represents the Jugendstil style in a very typical way. The Town Hall which is surrounded by half-timbered mansions is in a small park.
- St. Nikolai Church
- Römerstein Rocks
- Sachsenburg Ruins
- Grenzland Museum
Traffic connections
Sights
Notable people
- Klaus Bühler, politician
- Rolf Kalmuczak, writer, student of Pädagogium Bad Sachsa
- Veruschka von Lehndorff, actress, fashion model, painter and photographer; was interned as a child after the failed assassination attempt on 20 July 1944 on Adolf Hitler in Bad Sachsa, because her father was a participant of the plot
- Alexandra, singer, spent often holidays in Bad Sachsa and was inspired by the Wilhelm Bobring song "My Friend the tree"
- Hans-Heinrich Sander, FDP Minister of Environment and Member of Parliament in Lower Saxony
- Lutz Hoffmann, gymnast and teacher