and significantly expanded in 1904. This railway line was closed in 1977. The development of the health resort was mainly promoted by the doctor and mayor Viktor Zachariae (1837–1900). In 1873 Wildemann was recognized as a Kneipp spa . Wildemann had the status of a Kneipp and climatic health resort until the end of 2010. Mining came to a standstill in the last Ernst-August mine in 1924. Old gangways in the other mines opened up by Wildemann were abandoned as early as the 19th century. The townscape is characterized by a large number of miners' houses from the 18th and 19th centuries. Incorporations On January 1, 2015, the Upper Harz municipality and its affiliated municipalities, Bergstadt Clausthal-Zellerfeld , Bergstadt Altenau , Bergstadt Wildemann and Schulenberg im Oberharz, were dissolved by state law and the new mining and university town of Clausthal-Zellerfeld was formed from the previously independent municipalities. Traffic and Infrastructure Traffic Wildemann has a connection to the federal highway 242 via the country road 515 . Wild man with buses of public transport to reach (line 831 of the RBB ). Until 1976, Innerstetalbahn trains stopped at Wildemann station . A year later it was discontinued and dismantled. References Towns in the Harz