Göttingen (district)

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Göttingen
Map of Lower Saxony highlighting the district Göttingen
State	Lower Saxony
County seat	Göttingen
Area	1117 km²
Population	302,300 (1999)
Pop. density	238 inh./km²
Car identification	GÖ
Web page	http://www.landkreis-goettingen.de

Göttingen is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Northeim and Osterode, and by the states of Thuringia (district of Eichsfeld) and Hesse (districts of Werra-Meißner and Kassel).

1 History
2 Geography
3 Coat of arms
4 Towns and municipalities
5 External links

[edit] History

In 1885 the Prussian government established the districts of Göttingen, Münden and Duderstadt. These districts existed for 88 years, before they were merged in 1973 to form the present district of Göttingen.

[edit] Geography

The western half of the district is occupied by the Weserbergland mountains. The Weser River receives it name near the town of Hannoversch Münden, where the Fulda joins the Werra. Further east the Leine river runs through the district from south to north.

[edit] Coat of arms

In the upper part is the heraldic lion of the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Below is a combination of the arms of the former districts, which were merged in 1973 to form the present district: the shield of Münden, the anchor of Göttingen, and the wheel of Duderstadt.

[edit] Towns and municipalities

Towns	Samtgemeinden	Free municipalities
Duderstadt Göttingen Hannoversch Münden	Dransfeld¹ Gieboldehausen Radolfshausen ¹includes town of the same name	Adelebsen Bovenden Friedland Gleichen Rosdorf Staufenberg

Towns

Samtgemeinden

Free municipalities

¹includes town of the same name

[edit] External links

Official website (German)

	Urban and rural districts in the Federal State of Lower Saxony in Germany
Region	Hanover
Urban districts	Brunswick \| Delmenhorst \| Emden \| Oldenburg \| Osnabrück \| Salzgitter \| Wilhelmshaven \| Wolfsburg
Rural districts	Ammerland \| Aurich \| Grafschaft Bentheim \| Celle \| Cloppenburg \| Cuxhaven \| Diepholz \| Emsland \| Friesland \| Gifhorn \| Goslar \| Göttingen \| Hamelin-Pyrmont \| Harburg \| Helmstedt \| Hildesheim \| Holzminden \| Leer \| Lüchow-Dannenberg \| Lüneburg \| Nienburg \| Northeim \| Oldenburg \| Osnabrück \| Osterholz \| Osterode \| Peine \| Rotenburg \| Schaumburg \| Soltau-Fallingbostel \| Stade \| Uelzen \| Vechta \| Verden \| Wesermarsch \| Wittmund \| Wolfenbüttel