The Siemens family is the name of a German noble family, family of technology and telecommunications industrialists, whose members were founders and to the present day the largest shareholders of Siemens AG. The family have a wealth of over €8 billion, making them the 5th richest family in Germany, according to Handelsblatt.
Siemens House in Goslar, built in 1692
Siemens Cable factory in Berlin-Siemensstadt around 1900
William Siemens (1823–1883), since 1883 Sir William Siemens, brother of Werner
Carl Siemens (1829–1906), since 1895 Carl von Siemens, brother of Werner
Goslar is a historic town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Goslar and is located on the northwestern slopes of the Harz mountain range. The Old Town of Goslar with over 1.500 timber houses and the Mines of Rammelsberg are UNESCO World Heritage Sites for their millennium-long testimony to the history of ore mining and their political importance for the Holy Roman Empire and Hanseatic League. Each year Goslar awards the Kaiserring to an international artist, called the "Nobel Prize" of the art world.
View to the North with the Hildesheim downs in the background. Photograph taken from the Maltermeister Tower
Image: Rammelsberg Bergwerksanlagen
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Image: Goslar kaiserpfalz
