Bad Grund

Bad Grund
Coat of arms
Bad Grund
Location of Bad Grund within Göttingen district
Coordinates: 51°48′41″N 10°14′18″E / 51.81139°N 10.23833°E / 51.81139; 10.23833Coordinates: 51°48′41″N 10°14′18″E / 51.81139°N 10.23833°E / 51.81139; 10.23833
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Göttingen
Government
• Mayor	Harald Dietzmann
Area
• Total	41.18 km2 (15.90 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	8,638
• Density	210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	37539
Dialling codes	05327
Vehicle registration	GÖ, OHA
Website	www.bad-grund.de

Bad Grund (Harz) is a town in the district of Göttingen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the western Harz, approx. 7 km west of Clausthal-Zellerfeld, and 10 km north of Osterode am Harz.

Bad Grund is also the name of the former Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Bad Grund, of which Bad Grund formed part. It was disbanded in March 2013 and replaced by the Einheitsgemeinde Bad Grund.

Market Place

St. Antony's Church

Market Place

Points of interest

• Historic Market Place
• St. Antony's Church was built in 1540. The church is surrounded by half-timbered houses dating from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries^[2]
• Arboretum Bad Grund
• Hübichenstein
• Hilfe Gottes Mine
• Iberger Tropfsteinhöhle

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Towns and municipalities in Göttingen (district)
Adelebsen Bad Grund Bad Lauterberg Bad Sachsa Bilshausen Bodensee Bovenden Bühren Dransfeld Duderstadt Ebergötzen Elbingerode Friedland Gieboldehausen Gleichen Göttingen Hann. Münden Hattorf am Harz Herzberg am Harz Hörden am Harz Jühnde Krebeck Landolfshausen Niemetal Obernfeld Osterode am Harz Rhumspringe Rollshausen Rosdorf Rüdershausen Scheden Seeburg Seulingen Staufenberg Waake Walkenried Wollbrandshausen Wollershausen Wulften am Harz

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