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Discover Göttingen in Germany
Göttingen in the region of Lower Saxony with its 122,149 habitants is a place located in Germany - some 163 mi or ( 262 km ) South-West of Berlin , the country's capital .
Local time in Göttingen is now 05:12 PM (Wednesday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Berlin " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Weende, Treuenhagen, Schachtebich, Rustenfelde, and Niedernjesa. When in this area, you might want to check out Weende . We discovered some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Göttingen ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Lego Town Diorama - 2011 Diashow
This Diashow features the LEGO® train layout as existing in November 2011. Size: 4 × 1.80 m² (13 × 6 sqare foot). There are videos uploaded showing it all in motion (but with more blur): www.youtube.c ..
Weihnachtsmarkt Göttingen
Ein kleiner Rundgang über den traditionellen Göttinger Weihnachtsmarkt. Weitere Informationen unter: www.goettinger-weihnachtsmarkt.de ..
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Create your own video on studio.stupeflix.com ! Landmark 'Gänseliesel' fountain at the main market. St. Albani church today. memorial at Grona fortress site. watermill from early 13th century. Götting ..
Chaos auf dem Kiessee Göttingen - Viele Menschen auf dem Eis!
Göttinger Kiessee an einem Samstag Nachmittag ..
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SS. Peter and Paul's Church, Göttingen
The Paulinerkirche in the historic city center of Göttingen was completed as a minster in 1304. Today it serves as a convention and exposition centre for the Göttingen State and University Library. In 1294 the Dominican Order was permitted to settle in Göttingen and started to build a monastery in the western part of the city center. The minster was constructed in the style of a gothic hall church typical for the order.
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Gänseliesel
The Gänseliesel is a fountain which was erected in 1901 in front of the mediaeval town hall of Göttingen, Germany. Although rather small in size, the fountain is the most well-known landmark of the city. Today, it is an essential part of the graduation celebrations for every student who finishes a doctorate at the George August University Göttingen to climb the fountain and to kiss the statue of the goose girl.
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Göttingen Academy of Sciences
The Göttingen Academy of Sciences (in German Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen) is the second oldest of the seven academies of sciences in Germany. It has the task of promoting research under its own auspices and in collaboration with academics in and outside Germany. It has its seat in the university town of Göttingen.
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Sammlung für Völkerkunde
The Sammlung für Völkerkunde (German for Ethnological Collection) at the Institute of Cultural and Social Anthropology of the University of Göttingen is one of Germany's most important ethnological collections. The museum was founded around 1780 and revived around 1930, and is now funded by the state of Lower Saxony.
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Göttingen station
Göttingen railway station, known in German as Bahnhof Göttingen, is an InterCityExpress stop on Germany's domestic long-distance rail network and the only passenger station of the city of Göttingen. Built in 1854 as the terminus of the Hanoverian Southern Railway, the station lies west of the medieval town centre. The station today has four platform islands each with two through tracks. In addition there is a through track for goods traffic between the station building and the platforms.
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