Salzgitter lies between the Harz Mountains and the heath.

The heath is a special type of landscape.

The town got its name from the salt boilers.

They made salt many hundreds of years ago.

And founded a village near a salt well.

The salt workers called the village: Salzgitter.

There is also iron ore in Salzgitter.

The iron ore is in rocks and stones.

Workers extracted the iron ore from the rocks in the mountains.

That means: mining construction.

Mining is done in a mining plant.

Iron is smelted out of the iron ore.

Steel is made from the iron.

The steel can then be processed in factories.

But the history of Salzgitter is even older.

A hunter came to Salzgitter during the Ice Age.

The ice age was 50 thousand years ago.

The hunter's bones were discovered in 1952.

And many millions of years ago there were dinosaurs in Salzgitter.

Workers found the dinosaur bones in a mine.

The town was only founded almost 80 years ago.

Before that, the parts of the town were individual villages.

At that time, the town had

the mining industry,
a steelworks,
many farms.

There is a monument in the pedestrian zone in Lebenstedt.

The monument shows many stories of the city.

For example:

Forced laborers had to work in the factories during the Second World War.

Forced laborers were forced to work without pay.

Refugees came to the town after the Second World War.

The refugees found a new home in Salzgitter.

After the Second World War, the victors dismantled factories.

The factory workers resisted.

People in Salzgitter can do a lot in their free time.

In Salzgitter there are:

• Many opportunities to do sports,
• barbecue areas,
• pitches for motorhomes,
• swimming pools and a lake,
• beautiful parks and forests,
• cycle paths to the most beautiful parts of the city.

There is a lot of information about the history of the earth in Salzgitter on the hiking trails.

This is the history of the earth from the beginning until today.

The hiking trails lead through beech forests.

Beech trees are a type of tree.

There is also a picture of our solar system on the hiking trails.

And on an educational trail, people learn a lot about stones.

People can sail and surf on the lake:

• sail and surf,
• rowing and canoeing.

In the ice sports hall on Lake Salzgitter you can:

• Play ice hockey,
• do ice art skating,
• ice stick shooting.
• Music is played there in summer.

And small events take place.

The bathroom also has

a large sauna,
a fitness center,
a medical gymnastics practice.

Salzgitter-Bad has a golf course.

People can play golf there.

Many festivals and concerts take place in Salzgitter.

The highlight in summer is the cultural summer at Salder Castle.

Many concerts and other events are held there.

With well-known musicians and artists.

There is a town festival in Lebenstedt.

And in Salzgitter-Bad there is the Old Town Festival.

Special festivals are the medieval festivals:

The museum festival on Mother's Day in Salder.

The medieval market at Gebhardshagen moated castle.

There are many exciting things to do at Salzgitter Lake:

• a dragon boat race.

A dragon boat is a long open paddle boat.

• Torchlight swimming,
• a New Year's Eve run,
• Flying days at the sailing and flying site,
• Balloon glow.

Large hot air balloons in various shapes are lit up.

There are many festivals and concerts in Salzgitter Bad:

• The Altstadt-Fest,
  A festival for klezmer and world music.
• Klezmer is Jewish folk music.
• A wine festival,
• Small art in the Kniestedt church.

Small art are smaller events.

Small art is, for example, cabaret.

Salzgitter has beautiful spaces for concerts and culture:

• the Kultur-Scheune in Lebenstedt,
• the Fürsten-Saal in Salder Castle,
• the stables at Gebhardshagen moated castle,
• the Kniestedt church.
  
  
  

There are lectures and concerts in the museum's Fürsten-Saal.

And people can get married there.

Children aged 5 to 12 can celebrate their birthdays in the museum.

The children get to know the museum.

They can do handicrafts and play there.

Children from schools or daycare centers can also visit.

The children learn:

This is how people used to live and work.

On the grounds of the museum are also

• the baking house,
• a windmill in the mill garden,
• an ice age garden,
• statues by famous sculptors.

The mountain has an advantage.

The people in the castle could see enemies from afar.

Today, visitors love this view.

There is an exhibition at the castle.

The history of the castle is shown there.

Salzgitter is a major industrial location in Lower Saxony.

This means that there are many large factories there.

There are 5 large companies in Salzgitter.

The companies are known all over the world.

Many people from Salzgitter and the surrounding area work there.

The companies are called:

• Salzgitter AG
• Alstom Transport Deutschland GmbH,
• MAN Truck& Bus AG,
• Volkswagen AG
• Robert Bosch Elektronik GmbH.

In Salzgitter there are also:

• Small and medium-sized companies,
• Modern craftsmanship,
• research,
• agriculture.

The canal connects Salzgitter with the rivers:

• Ems,
• Weser,
• Elbe.

Large cargo ships travel on the canal.

Salzgitter is a very good city for families and children.

Families can live, work and live well here.

The city has many great playgrounds.

For example, the pirate playground at Salzgitter Lake.

Salzgitter has many daycare places.

Parents do not have to pay for a place in a daycare center.

There are now 3 childminders in each group in the daycare centers.

All children learn to speak well.

All children are well supported.

There are many different schools in Salzgitter.

Students can study many subjects at the Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences.

Salzgitter offers good opportunities for everyone:

For living, for working and for leisure.