The uninhabited area is located in the Upper Harz (Lower Saxony).

Although there are no residents reported, it carries administrative functions; the Community Identification Number is 03 1 53 504.

The area extends over large parts of the Upper Harz, from Seesen/Langelsheim in the northwest to Hohegeiß in the south of the district of Goslar.

The Harz unincorporated area in the district of Goslar has many enclaves: Thus the community of Clausthal-Zellerfeld has two exclave districts, Wildemann and Altenau-Schulenberg im Oberharz, and the community of Braunlage has an exclave district, Sankt Andreasberg, and other settlements (mostly restaurants) within the Harz area.

The administration of the community-free area is the responsibility of the Lower Saxony Forestry Office Clausthal,[2] which also collects business taxes from some quarries and would issue civil status certificate (birth certificate, death certificate) for events that occurred in the area.