Göttingen
Village of Langenau
Historic heart of the village
Historic heart of the village
Coat of arms of Göttingen
Coat of arms
Location of Göttingen
Göttingen is located in Germany
Göttingen
Göttingen
Göttingen is located in Baden-Württemberg
Göttingen
Göttingen
Coordinates: 48°29′48″N 10°7′12″E / 48.49667°N 10.12000°E / 48.49667; 10.12000
CountryGermany
StateBaden-Württemberg
Admin. regionTübingen
DistrictAlb-Donau-Kreis
TownLangenau
Elevation
492 m (1,614 ft)
Population
 (2019-12-31)
 • Total1,171
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
89129
Dialling codes(+49) (0)7345
Vehicle registrationUL
Websitewww.langenau.de/de/Leben/Unsere-Stadt/Goettingen (in German)

Göttingen is a village in the town of Langenau in the southern German state of Baden-Württemberg. The current population of Göttingen is 1171, as of December 2019.[1]

History

The settlement of 'Gotingen' presumably developed as an Alemannic ancient village in the 6th/7th century.[2] Göttingen, as a 'modern' village, was first mentioned in the directory of the nearby Elchingen Abbey in 1225.[2]

On 1 April 1972, the village of Göttingen was incorporated into the neighbouring town of Langenau.[3]

The Lutheran parsonage (left), the multi-purpose barn (centre) and the town hall (right) of Göttingen

Religion

Göttingen is home to a Protestant Lutheran church (St. Justina, mistakenly also known as 'Martinskirche')[4] and a Roman Catholic church (Martinskirche, dedicated to St. Martin).[2]

Geography

The village is situated in the historic region of Swabia in southern Germany, on the southeastern edge of the Swabian Jura.[5] Göttingen is located in the eastern part of the state of Baden-Württemberg, approximately 14 km (9 miles) northeast of Ulm. The village is bordered by Elchingen in the south and hence also shares a border with the German state of Bavaria. Göttingen is also bordered by Langenau in the east, and Albeck in the north and west of its boundaries.

Surrounded by the Autobahn 8 (Munich – Stuttgart) in the south and the Autobahn 7 in the east, Göttingen is conveniently connected to the national Autobahn system.

Notable people

  • Ulrich Kundig (1444), clergyman in Göttingen and abbot (1456-1475) at the Benedictine Abbey of Blaubeuren
  • Samuel Baur (1768–1832), Lutheran clergyman and littérateur
  • Urs Käufer (*1984), rower and Olympian athlete at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, has lived in Göttingen[6]

Literature

  • Günther Grässel: Göttinger Dorfgeschichte(n). C. Maurer Druck und Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Geislingen 2013, ISBN 978-3-00-043963-6 (in German)

References

  1. ↑ Stadt Langenau - Ortsverwaltung Göttingen (in German)
  2. 1 2 3 Göttinger Dorfgeschichte(n) -Ortschronik- ISBN 978-3-00-043963-6
  3. ↑ Statistisches Bundesamt (1983). "Historisches Gemeindeverzeichnis für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Namens-, Grenz- u. Schlüsselnummernänderungen bei Gemeinden, Kreisen u. Reg.-Bez. vom 27.5.1970 bis 31.12.1982 (Literature)". Stuttgart/Mainz: Kohlhammer Verlag, Göttingen (Langenau). p. 458. ISBN 3-17-003263-1.
  4. ↑ Stadt Langenau - Ortsteil Göttingen Archived 2006-07-14 at the Wayback Machine. Website der Stadt. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Stadt Langenau - Über die Stadt". Archived from the original on 2017-05-12. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
  6. ↑ "Olympische Familienbande". ulmer-ruderclub.de. 2008-03-08.


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