Göttingen (district)

Göttingen
District
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
Capital	Göttingen
Government
• District admin.	Marcel Riethig (SPD)
Area
• Total	1,753 km^2 (677 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2022)[1]
• Total	328,458
• Density	190/km^2 (490/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	GÖ, DUD, HMÜ, OHA
Website	landkreis-goettingen.de

Göttingen (German pronunciation: [ˈɡœtɪŋən] ^ⓘ) is a district (German: Landkreis) in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the northwest and clockwise) the districts of Northeim and Goslar, and by the states of Thuringia (district of Eichsfeld) and Hesse (districts of Werra-Meißner and Kassel, and the district-free city of Kassel). The capital is the university city of Göttingen.

History

In 1885 the Prussian government established the districts of Göttingen, Münden and Duderstadt within the Province of Hanover. These districts existed for 88 years, before they were merged in 1973 to form the present district of Göttingen.

In 1964, the formerly district-free Göttingen city was incorporated into the district.

On 1 November 2016, it was reformed by the addition of the former district of Osterode.^[2]

Geography

The western half of the district is occupied by the Weserbergland mountains. The Weser River receives its name near the town of Hannoversch Münden, where the Fulda joins the Werra. Further east the Leine river runs through the district from south to north.

Sights and Museums

The Borderland Museum Eichsfeld in the district of Göttingen.

A popular museum in the district of Göttingen is the Borderland Museum Eichsfeld which attracts around 50,000 visitors from many different countries every year. It deals with the inner-German border and the history of the GDR. The museum area includes a hiking trail along the former Iron Curtain.

Coat of arms

In the upper part is the heraldic lion of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Below 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 wheel of Duderstadt.

Towns and municipalities

Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district

Towns	Samtgemeinden
Bad Grund Bad Lauterberg Bad Sachsa Duderstadt Göttingen Hann. Münden Herzberg am Harz Osterode am Harz Walkenried Free municipalities Adelebsen Bovenden Friedland Gleichen Rosdorf Staufenberg Unincorporated area Harz (267.37 km², uninhabited)	1. Dransfeld Bühren Dransfeld^1, 2 Jühnde Niemetal Scheden	2. Gieboldehausen Bilshausen Bodensee Gieboldehausen^1 Krebeck Obernfeld Rhumspringe Rollshausen Rüdershausen Wollbrandshausen Wollershausen	3. Hattorf am Harz Elbingerode Hattorf am Harz^1 Hörden am Harz Wulften am Harz	4. Radolfshausen Ebergötzen^1 Landolfshausen Seeburg Seulingen Waake
	^1seat of the Samtgemeinde; ^2town

See also

• Metropolitan region Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg

References

1. "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
2. "Gebietsänderungsvertrag zwischen den Landkreisen Göttingen und Osterode am Harz" [Treaty between the districts of Göttingen and Osterode am Harz] (PDF) (in German). District of Osterode. 1 February 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 2 November 2016.

External links

Media related to Landkreis Göttingen at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website (German)

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