GB Göttingen, set in the south of Lower Saxony – in the middle of Germany – is easily accessible via the north-south A7 autobahn and the national roads B3 and B27. Göttingen's station is rail stop for the ICE-fast train, ensuring a quick and comfortable journey. The romantic travel routes such as the Alps- Baltic Sea German Holiday Route, the Harz-Heath Route as well as the German Fairy-tale Route all traverse Göttingen. Tourist-Information Altes Rathaus, Markt 9 37073 Göttingen Tel. +49 (0)5 51 / 4 99 80-0 Fax +49 (0)5 51 / 4 99 80-10 [email protected] www.goettingen-tourismus.de Göttingen Publishers: Göttingen Tourismus e. V., Text and graphic design: Optex Werbeagentur, Göttingen, Photos: Alciro Theodoro da Silva (14), Hans Wilder (1), Wolfgang Henkies (1), Karlheinz Otto (1), Torsten Krüger (4), Ingo Bul- la (1), Printers: Druckhaus Göttingen Printed in Federal Republic of Germany; Imprimé en République Fédérale d’ Allemagne, 12.04.20 City of Science Mais Dieu que les roses sont belles à Göttingen, à Göttingen … I How beautiful the roses are in Göt- tingen praises the french singer Barbara the charm of the small university town. Many of its residents, being students, only stay a few years yet their influence is un- mistakable. It is this variety that makes Göt- tingen such a lively and friendly place with a cosmopolitan outlook that has developed into a centre of international science. City of Science Much of the urban life in Göttingen takes place within the old town walls. All places of in- The Gänseliesel terest are at most a leisurely ten minute walk, be it the Old Botanical Garden, the Theatre or the many historical buildings. From most of the Göttingen’s landmark is the Gänseliesel inner city streets and lanes, one of Göttingen’s figure on the fountain at the market square oldest churches, St. Johannis (St. John’s) with outside the Old Town Hall. This art nouveau its two different spires can be statue features a girl herding seen. One of the spires housed geese. It is a tradition that the loftiest “digs” in Germany. all new doctoral graduates from the University kiss the cheeks of the statue after passing their examinations. This makes her “the most kissed girl in the world”. The pedestrian precinct Göttingen’s town centre successfully combin- es its origins as a medieval merchant market town with the atmosphere of a modern University City. The centre is not however a museum or collection of half-timbered houses, but instead each epoch has left its characteristics I on the city. This can be seen at the Old Town Hall, built during Göttingen’s first period of prosperity (13th - 15th Centu- Junkernschänke ry) and altered many times thereafter. It originally served the dual purpose of Town Hall and Merchant’s Guildhall when the ground floor was mainly used for trading linen, made in Göt- tingen, to places as far afield as Belgium and Russia. The beautifully decorated main hall as seen today originates from the late 19th Century. City of Attractions The Old Town Hall The oldest preserved building in Göttingen, on Rote Strasse, dates back to the 13th Century. The founding of the University in 1734 gave new impe- Fine examples of half-tim- tusto the development of Göttingen and inspired renewed bered houses from the 16th building activities which resulted in some outstanding ar- Century are the Schröder chitecture. In particular the Accouchierhaus (1785-1791) House, the Junkernschänke which has a widely acclaimed baroque stairwell and was and the Abel Bornemann’s originally the first Maternity Hospital in Germany. It is now House. the Faculty of Music. In contrast, the Jacobi- The Great Hall on Wilhelms- kirche (St. Jacob’s Church) platz (William’s Square) is the is a masterpiece of Gothic main building of the Georg-Au- style that contains a splen- gust-University. It used to house did double-winged altar the detention room for badly be- made in 1402 by an un- haved students. St. Jacob’s known artist. Great Hall on Wilhelmsplatz During the last Century more than 40 Nobel Prize Win- ners have lived and worked in Göttingen, up to the current day when scientists such as Manfred Eigen and Erwin Neher are expanding today’s know- The observatory ledge. Other illustrious names I include Adolf Windaus, discoverer of vitamin D, Otto Hahn, a nuclear scientist, and Max Born, one of the foun- ders of quantum theory. Many buildings display plaques commemorating their famous former residents. Until 1933, Göttingen was considered foremost in mathematics world-wide. It was here that David Hilbert and Hermann Minkowski laid the mathematical founda- tions for Einstein’s theory of relativity. City of Research Gauß-Weber-Monument Another famous Göttingen scientist was Carl Fried- rich Gauss who, with Wilhelm Weber, in 1833 invented Today, the German Centre for Aeronautics and Space the magnetic telegraph. Technology, as well as the Max-Planck-Institutes of Bio- An observatory founded Physical Chemistry, Experimental Medicine, History and by him is located on Aerodynamics are in the forefront of science. Other organi- Geismar Landstrasse. sations are employing the latest technology in measuring, Nearby, at the little weighing and the use of lasers. square between the Above all, there is the Georg- rampart and Hospital- August-University with approxi- Chemical institute strasse, is a monument mately 25,000 students. The new of Friedrich Wöhler, Pro- Niedersächsische Staats- und fessor of Medicine and Chemistry in Göttingen. For Universitätsbibliothek (university the first time in 1827, he presented aluminium in its library) houses 5.4 million vo- pure form. In the pavement at the foot of the statue is lumes and is open to everybody. the formula for urea, with the synthetic production of which one year later he had decisive influence on mo- dern chemistry. New university library Seesen • Einbeck • Northeim • Nörten-Hardenberg k Osterode • Herzberg • Bad Lauterberg • Duderstadt B3/B27 Lichten- k BAB-Abfahrt Friedhof Junkerberg bergstr. 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Studentenwerk e fst Leonard- Otto-Wallach- n nho Zentralmensa Neu-Mariahilf Weg Schützenplatz a ah n b + g r e Herrmann-Föge-Weg e r t Düstere- ü k Uslar G Platz der Universität Godehard- Göttinger Theater halle im OP Sieben Geistes- MPI Go wissenschaftliches für Geschichte d Neu-Bethlehem Eichen-Weg eha Zentrum Albert-Einstein rds Park tr Käte-Hamburger-Weg NikolausbergerHanssenstraße Weg Straße a Brentano- ße Hildebrandstraße "Bartholomäus- Arnimweg Friedhof " weg Godehard- St. Paulus Straße Maschmühlenweg Niedersächsische Staats- und Archäo- Straße Berufsbildende Universitäts- logisches VHS Finanzamt Wilhelm-Weber- Schulen II bibliothek Institut eg W Dahlmannstraße r Brüder-Grimm-Allee rge W e lhelm-Weber-StraßeWöhlerstraße ahnhofsallee sb Wi Pütter- u Alter aitzweg Arbeitsamt B st ola iss- ra Nik Botanischer Garten Am Goldgraben ße Justiz- Ze Auditorium behörden Hanssenstraße Wall weg emaximum aß Kunst- W Lokhalle Medien- tr sammlung eender S Bühlstraße im haus er Reformierte Deutsches lin Kirche Theater Otto-Hahn- er Untere Karspüle Bahnhof BSynagogen- Straße Obere ohnswegJugend Zentrum Mahnmal eitstallstraße Städt. Planckstraße R R MerkelstraßeGästehaus . Museum r t Waageplatz k Ein- u. Ausstieg S - h J r- Straße Reisebusse W ü Baurat- erbe c Theater- G arl- d lan Masch-Str. s e p Kars eender r C Ritte platz a n Burg- Düstere-Eichen-Weg s M - t r püle ahnhofsallee Bus- e a r Völkerkundl. B ß bahnhof Untere- e e Speck- Sammlung Landstraße b straße St. straße GoethealleeO str. Herzberger W Fahrrad- e Jacobi agnerstraße Stadtfriedhof Stumpfebiel k Am Leinekanal Theater- Park- ß Wall Prinzen- a Straße Gotmarstr. straße Fridtjof-Nansen-Weg haus r FriedrichstraßeSt. B3 t Alte SUB Lichten- Akademie d. Goethe-Institut Groner Zoolog. S Pauliner- berg Albani Haus Wissensch. Stadthalle BAB-Abfahrt Institut r kirche Altes Aula e St. NeustadtPetrosilien- Tierärztliches Rathaus Rohns'sches n straße Göttingen (73) Marien Friedländer Weg i Geiststraße Pauliner- Hainholzweg füßerstr. e Badehaus Sertürnerstraße Institut l Bar Wilhelmsplatz traß BAB-Raststätte Landstraße r s str. den Cheltenham- holzweg e Straße en St. Johannis W Rasenweg B Rote park Johannisstraße Gänseliesel- Kleperweg Chr.-Gottlob- Heyne-Ufer Straße Hain- K Brunnen e ornmarkt Schwänchen- apendiek Z aß f indelstr. r o Groner-Tor-Straße P st teich Schild- h er n B au h Am ü M a Ha Groner Straße Ku Park b se r l ng g straße Geismar- a ra Lange- rze-Geismar-Straße "Albani- t b e Le e e r in Kurze Wochen- Friedhof " t Hann. Münden n e s Gartenstr. k r • a r- n Wall t Str. markt a Gartenstraßea St. weg r l Calsowstraße G a Nikolai St. ß Junges Friedrich-Jenner-Str. m e Ange Michael Theater A Bismarck- lsowstraße Münch- Rosarium Ca Marienstraße häuschen Düstere Str. Düstere Scheden Scheden Schiefer Weg K Nikolaistraße straße • straße l Turm- Schildweg i n k Hospital- e Baptisten- Accouchierhaus Wall B r Brahmsstr. f kirche David-Hilbert-Straße e u Wilamo hau e e Gauß-Weber- Friedländer Weg s Keplerstraße t Denkmal h g Stadt- Neues straße B o L e ü senstraße Dransfeld Dransfeld r v einestraße gerstraße archiv Rathaus Sternwarte e W senstraße Eisenbahnstr. w Wie n r itzweg s fe Kreis- R r t r o e einhäuser Landstraße L verwaltung a e d ß s Gauß-Garten ß i amerstr.