Goettingen Hotels

Goettingen The origins of Goettingen lay in a village called Gutingi. This village was first mentioned in a document in 953. The city was founded between 1150 and 1200 to the northwest of this village and adopted its name. In medieval times the city was a member of the Hanseatic League and hence a wealthy town.Today Goettingen is famous for its old rsity, which was founded in 1737 and became the most visited university of Europe. In 1837 seven professors protested against the absolute sovereignty of the kings of Hanover; they lost their offices, but became known as the. They include some well-known celebrities: the Brothers Grimm, Heinrich Ewald, Wilhelm Weber and Georg Gervinus. Also, German chancellors Otto von Bismarck and Gerhard Schroeder went to law school at the Goettingen university. Karl Barth had his first professorship here. Some of the most mous mathematicians in history, Carl Friedrich Gauss, Bernhard Riemann and David Hilbert were rofessors at Goettingenis a college town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Goettingen. The Leine river runs through the town. In 2006 the population was 129,686.