Göttingen

Statistics
State:	Lower Saxony
Capital:	Göttingen
Adm. Region:	Braunschweig
Area:	1117 km²
Inhabitants:	302,300 (1999)
pop. density:	238 inh./km²
Car identification:	GÖ
Homepage:	http://www.landkreis-goettingen.de
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Göttingen is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Northeim and Osterode, and by the states of Thuringia (district Eichsfeld) and Hesse (districts Werra-Meißner and Kassel). Germany is a federation of 16 states called Länder (singular Land) or unofficially Bundesländer (singular Bundesland, German federal state). ... With an area of 47,618 km and nearly eight million inhabitants, Lower Saxony (German Niedersachsen) lies in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the countrys sixteen Bundesl nder (federal states). ... Map of Germany showing Göttingen 1 External links Coat of Arms University of Göttingen Top: The old Auditorium Maximum (1862-65) Bottom: New library building Göttingen is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... A Regierungsbezirk is an administrative region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states (Bundesländer). ... Braunschweig (sometimes in English Brunswick) is one of the four Regierungsbezirke of Lower Saxony, Germany, located in the southeast of the state. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Population density can be used as a measurement of any tangible item. ... With an area of 47,618 km and nearly eight million inhabitants, Lower Saxony (German Niedersachsen) lies in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the countrys sixteen Bundesl nder (federal states). ... Northeim is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... The Free State of Thuringia (German Freistaat Thüringen) lies in central Germany and is among the smaller of the countrys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states), with an area of 16,200 sq. ... Eichsfeld is a district in Thuringia, Germany. ... Hesse is also the name of the German writer Hermann Hesse, as well as the German mathematician Otto Hesse. ... Werra-Meißner is a Kreis (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany. ... Kassel is a Kreis (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany. ...

History

In 1885 the Prussian government established the districts of Göttingen, Münden and Duderstadt. These districts existed for 88 years, before they were merged in 1973 to form the present district of Göttingen. The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1918 The word Prussia (German: Preußen or Preussen, Polish: Prusy, Lithuanian: Prūsai, Latin: Borussia) has had various (often contradictory) meanings: The land of the Baltic Prussians (in what is now parts of southern Lithuania, the Kaliningrad exclave of Russia and...

Geography

The western half of the district is occupied by the Weserbergland mountains. The Weser river origins near the town of Hannoversch Münden at the confluence of the Fulda and the Werra. Further east the Leine river runs through the district from south to north. The Weserbergland is a hilly region (thus the name, Weser hilly region) in Germany (Lower Saxony, Hessen und Nordrhein-Westfalen), between Hannoversch Münden and Porta Westfalica. ... Weser watershed The Weser is a river of north-western Germany. ... Map of Germany showing Hannoversch Münden Hannoversch Münden (officially abbreviated to Hann. ... The Fulda is a river in Hesse, Germany. ... The Werra is a river in the middle of Germany. ... The Leine is a river in Thuringia and Lower Saxony, Germany. ...

Coat of arms

In the upper part there is the heraldic lion of the medieval duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Below there is a combination of the arms of the former districts, which were merged in 1973 to form the present district: the shield of Münden, the anchor of Göttingen, and the whell of Duderstadt.

District of Göttingen, coat of arms This image depicts a seal, an emblem, a coat of arms or a crest. ... Brunswick-Lüneburg was an historical state within the Holy Roman Empire. ...

Towns and municipalities

An Amt (plural Ämter) is an administrative unit, which is unique to the German Bundesländer (federal states) of Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Brandenburg. ... A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... Duderstadt is a city in southern Lower Saxony, Germany, located in the district Göttingen. ... Map of Germany showing Göttingen 1 External links Coat of Arms University of Göttingen Top: The old Auditorium Maximum (1862-65) Bottom: New library building Göttingen is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... Map of Germany showing Hannoversch Münden Hannoversch Münden (officially abbreviated to Hann. ...

External links

• Official website (http://www.landkreis-goettingen.de) (German)