Witch City Goslar, Germany

The world cultural heritage Goslar is located in the Harz Mountains in Lower Saxony, Germany. It has a population of about 50,000, 47 churches and monasteries, and hundreds of years old half-timbered houses are everywhere. It was known as the "Rome of the North" in ancient times and is now called the "Witch City". May 1st is regarded as the beginning of summer, and Walpurgis Night on April 30th is the day when witches gather according to the legend of the Harz Mountains. Since the end of the 19th century, Witches Festival parades have been organized on this evening. Local residents and tourists dress up in costumes of witches, liars, musicians, dragons, unicorns, werewolves and other characters, wear witch masks, ride on brooms into the streets from all directions of the town to welcome the arrival of the witches together, and then march to the desolate Brocken Mountain. After nightfall, the witch dance begins, fireworks are lit at midnight, and the witches set out on their journey home. They flew away roaring, leaving Mount Harz to the May Goddess. According to tradition, to combat witchcraft, crosses and firewood were tied to doors, whips were cracked, and church bells were rung. #GermanyTravel #Germany #WorldHeritage #WorldHeritageCulturalRelics #AncientTown #EuropeTravel #ExploreEuropeanTown #deutschland #saxonyAnhalt #goslar