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Göttingen is a village in the town of Langenau in the southern German state of Baden-Württemberg. The current population of Göttingen is 1171, as of December 2019.[1]
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| Coordinates: 48°29′48″N 10°7′12″E / 48.49667°N 10.12000°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Tübingen |
| District | Alb-Donau-Kreis |
| Town | Langenau |
| Elevation | 492 m (1,614 ft) |
| Population (2019-12-31) | |
• Total | 1,171 |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 89129 |
| Dialling codes | (+49) (0)7345 |
| Vehicle registration | UL |
| Website | www |
History
editThe settlement of 'Gotingen' presumably developed as an Alemannic ancient village in the 6th/7th century.[2] Göttingen, as a 'modern' village, was first mentioned in the directory of the nearby Elchingen Abbey in 1225.[2]
On 1 April 1972, the village of Göttingen was incorporated into the neighbouring town of Langenau.[3]
Religion
editGöttingen is home to a Protestant Lutheran church (St. Justina, mistakenly also known as 'Martinskirche')[4] and a Roman Catholic church (Martinskirche, dedicated to St. Martin).[2]
Geography
editThe village is situated in the historic region of Swabia in southern Germany, on the southeastern edge of the Swabian Jura.[5] Göttingen is located in the eastern part of the state of Baden-Württemberg, approximately 14 km (9 miles) northeast of Ulm. The village is bordered by Elchingen in the south and hence also shares a border with the German state of Bavaria. Göttingen is also bordered by Langenau in the east, and Albeck in the north and west of its boundaries.
Surrounded by the Autobahn 8 (Munich – Stuttgart) in the south and the Autobahn 7 in the east, Göttingen is conveniently connected to the national Autobahn system.
Notable people
edit- Ulrich Kundig (1444), clergyman in Göttingen and abbot (1456-1475) at the Benedictine Abbey of Blaubeuren
- Samuel Baur (1768–1832), Lutheran clergyman and littérateur
- Urs Käufer (*1984), rower and Olympian athlete at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, has lived in Göttingen[6]
Literature
edit- Günther Grässel: Göttinger Dorfgeschichte(n). C. Maurer Druck und Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Geislingen 2013, ISBN 978-3-00-043963-6 (in German)
References
edit- ^ Stadt Langenau - Ortsverwaltung Göttingen (in German)
- ^ a b c Göttinger Dorfgeschichte(n) -Ortschronik- ISBN 978-3-00-043963-6
- ^ Statistisches Bundesamt (1983). "Historisches Gemeindeverzeichnis für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Namens-, Grenz- u. Schlüsselnummernänderungen bei Gemeinden, Kreisen u. Reg.-Bez. vom 27.5.1970 bis 31.12.1982 (Literature)". Stuttgart/Mainz: Kohlhammer Verlag, Göttingen (Langenau). p. 458. ISBN 3-17-003263-1.
- ^ Stadt Langenau - Ortsteil Göttingen Archived 2006-07-14 at the Wayback Machine. Website der Stadt. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ^ "Stadt Langenau - Über die Stadt". Archived from the original on 2017-05-12. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
- ^ "Olympische Familienbande". ulmer-ruderclub.de. 2008-03-08.
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