Göttingen is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...

in the town of

Langenau Langenau is a town in the district of Alb-Donau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is situated 14 km northeast of Ulm. Transport Langenau is located directly on the Autobahn A7 and near the A8 Public transport is guaranteed by the Do ...

in the southern

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state of

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

. The current population of Göttingen is 1171, as of December 2019.

History

The settlement of 'Gotingen' presumably developed as an Alemannic ancient village in the 6th/7th century.Göttinger Dorfgeschichte(n) -Ortschronik- Göttingen, as a 'modern' village, was first mentioned in the directory of the nearby Elchingen Abbey in 1225. On 1 April 1972, the village of Göttingen was incorporated into the neighbouring town of Langenau.

Religion

Göttingen is home to a Protestant

Lutheran Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Cathol ...

church (St. Justina, mistakenly also known as 'Martinskirche') and a

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy * Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD * Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a let ...

church (Martinskirche, dedicated to St. Martin).

Geography

The village is situated in the historic region of Swabia in southern Germany, on the southeastern edge of the Swabian Jura. Göttingen is located in the eastern part of the state of Baden-Württemberg, approximately 14 km (9 miles) northeast of

Ulm Ulm () is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Danube on the border with Bavaria. The city, which has an estimated population of more than 126,000 (2018), forms an urban district of its own (german: link=no, ...

. The village is bordered by

Elchingen Elchingen is a municipality about 7 km east of Ulm–Neu-Ulm in the district of Neu-Ulm in Bavaria, Germany. Municipality parts: * Thalfingen: 4 211 residents, 8.83 km² * Oberelchingen: 3 024 residents, 7.31 km² * ...

in the south and hence also shares a border with the German state of

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

. 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 Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

– Stuttgart) in the south and the

Autobahn 7 is the longest German Autobahn and the longest national motorway in Europe at 963 km (598 mi). It bisects the country almost evenly between east and west. In the north, it starts at the border with Denmark as an extension of the Danish part o ...

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 Blaubeuren () is a town in the district of Alb-Donau near Ulm in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. it had 11,963 inhabitants. Geography Geographical location The core city Blaubeuren lies at the foot of the Swabian Jura, west of Ulm. Neighborin ...

* Samuel Baur (1768–1832), Lutheran clergyman and littérateur * Urs Käufer (*1984), rower and Olympian athlete at the

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and 2012 Summer Olympics, has lived in Göttingen

Literature

* Günther Grässel: ''Göttinger Dorfgeschichte(n).'' C. Maurer Druck und Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Geislingen 2013,

References

Villages in Baden-Württemberg Alb-Donau-Kreis Württemberg {{AlbDonau-geo-stub