Memories and hints of a travelling IT professional.
It is the first observatory of a university in Germany: the Historische Sternwarte of Göttingen. Already in 1750 a first observatory has been created at a tower of the Wall. 1803 the new one was build outside the city fortifications (finished in 1816) and from 1929 till today a new one on the Hainberg is used.
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The Schillerwiese in the East of Göttingen, Germany is a nice park created between 1903 and 1905 for the 100th anniversary of the death of German author Friedrich Schiller. There you’ll find green fields, a small river with artificial ponds, a lake, crazy golf and a shop to buy ice cream.
Since 1921 the unions and worker’s parties had a shared home at Göttingen, Germany: the Volksheim. Meetings were held there and the organizations had their offices at the building. Also the newspaper Volksblatt of the Social Democratic party (SPD) was printed in a building next to it. This all ended when the Nazis occupied the Volksheim in 1933.
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If you are at the city quarter Weende belonging to Göttingen, Germany and in need of a place to play for the kids or to have a peaceful walk, the Klosterpark might be the right place. The Augustiner cloister dates back to the year 1180 CE.
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The university of Göttingen, Germany operates three botanical gardens: the old one near the city center, an experimental botanical garden and a forest botanical garden. The last two are located at the northern campus in the city quarter Weende. The easiest access to the old one is next to the Auditorium at the Weender Tor.
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At this place in the city center of Göttingen, Germany a synagogue was built in 1869. It lasted until the year 1938 when the Nazis burned it down in the night from the 9th to the 10th of November 1938. A gap remained at this place until the year 1973 when a memorial was built.
The church St. Johannis is one of the four churches in the city center of Göttingen, Germany and located close to the old town hall and the market place. It is a Gothic-style church from the 14th century and its two 62 meters high towers can be seen from far away.
The Leinekanal is a channel leading through the city center of Göttingen, Germany. It is one of the reasons why it is nice to visit the center and to live there – at some sections you can have a walk along the water. The channel was first a small river called Gote; the city name Göttingen means ‘living at the Gote‘.
The Paulinerkirche is a former church of a cloister in the city center of Göttingen, Germany. From 1294 the Dominicans settled at Göttingen and erected the church in 1304. It was dedicated to the apostles Peter and Paul and relics of Thomas Aquinas were stored here.
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The Grätzelhaus at the Goetheallee is the biggest baroque-style building in Göttingen, Germany. It is named after the textile maker Johann Heinrich Grätzel born 1691 who fastly became the most important entrepreneur of the city. It has mighty columns and is decorated with Athena (for science) and Hermes (for trading).