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Take a walkabout through the old town of Osterode and history comes to live again.

We start the walkabout at the Schachtrupp Villa, which serves toady, as a tourism information centre.

In close proximity is the present grammar school and a pretty park, which is closed off on the right side by the town hall.

And we continue our little tour in the direction of the vocational schools I and II.

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Behind the vocational schools, one can still find parts of the Osteroder town wall.

We walk further up the road towards the fire engine house place in the Neustadt.

One recognises here a clear road layout that is different to the old town's nooks and crannies.
This goes back to the clear planning of Duke Otto in the year 1238, who built Osterode's new part.

On the right side, one can see the Neustädter school and can recognise style elements of the
Schachtrupp villa.

Go further up the road towards upper Neustadt and you can see on the left and right the lovingly restored half-timbered houses.

In the past, this town area was used for farming. The so-called farming citizens, had their gardens in the district. But, their buildings were inside the town walls, like, for example the house Obere Neustadt 34 with the big entrance gate.

A typical feature of the town houses in the Harz, are the roofs with the eaves pointing toward the street.

From the upper Neustadt, we reach on the right the so-called Amtshof with the here located local court. The Amtshof is being dominated by the St. Jacobi-Palace Church. One of the oldest churches in Osterode.

From the St. Jacobi palace church, we go through the road Burgfrieden crossing the Jacobitorstrasse (the name is a reminder of one of the four town gates) to the Rollberg.

In the past, the traffic lead at the Rollberg from the Harz Foreland to the Oberharz.
Some of the buildings have already been built in the 16th-century.

At the Rollberg 32, we find the museum at the Ritterhaus.
The figure in the corner gave Osterode's local museum its name.



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