Category: Göttingen

Göttingen is a city of science and is sometimes seen as an university with a city surrounding it. This fact creates a unique situation: the city is young, international and has the highest bar density of northern Germany. Göttingen has 130.000 inhabitants and 20 percent of them are students. It is located in the south of the federal state Lower Saxony of Germany.

Schwarzer Bär, Göttingen

Half-timbered house at the city center of Göttingen. Former tavern dating back to the 16th century. Johann Andreas Eisenbarth (‘Dr. Eisenbarth‘) wrote his last will and testament there.
Göttingen, Germany.

Gottfried-August-Bürger-Denkmal, Göttingen

Memorial for the poet from Göttingen that wrote the tales about Baron Munchausen. The street around the old city center of Göttingen is named after him (‘Bürgerstraße‘) – most people might believe it is named as the street of the citizens (also ‘Bürger‘ in German).
Göttingen, Germany.

Wöh­ler-Denk­mal, Göttingen

Memorial to Friedrich Wöhler. In front of him on the ground you can see the structure of urea which he synthetisized.
Göttingen, Germany.