Goslar, 19 June 2019: Chancellor Angela Merkel came to the great hall of the historic imperial palace for a discussion with school students.
She was honouring a promise. In April she was forced to cancel a visit to the Goslarsches Pancket - a traditional dinner dating back to the Hanseatic merchants of the 16th century. She pledged that she would visit Goslar later.
Angela Merkel spoke with the students about climate action and environmental policy, copyright on the internet, digital infrastructure, transport connections in rural areas and migration.
Earlier the Chancellor visited the historic mines in Rammelsberg.
Since 1992 the mines and the historic old town of Goslar have been a World Heritage Site. For the first time in the world the designation was accorded to an entire man-made landscape. Rammelsberg was also the first industrial heritage site in Germany to be thus recognised by UNESCO.
The Chancellor was accompanied by Goslar's Mayor Oliver Junk (2nd from left), and former Cabinet Minister Sigmar Gabriel (at left), who is an honorary citizen of the Town of Goslar.
Her visit ended with a walk through Goslar's imposing historical old town, with its half-timbered houses.