Göttingen
Large city in Lower Saxony, Germany
- Country
- Germany(since 1990)
1
- , West Germany(1949–1990)
- , allied-occupied Germany(1945–1949)
- +11 more
- Germany(since 1990)
- Located in
- Göttingen district(since 1964)
- , Lower Saxony(1946–1964)
- Population
- 130,521(December 31, 2025)
1
- , 127,259(December 31, 2024)
1
Sources- 1.Stated in register of German municipalities (2024)Retrieved 2026-06-29
- , 120,261(December 31, 2023)
1
Sources- 1.Stated in register of German municipalities (2023)Retrieved 2024-11-16
- +19 more
- 130,521(December 31, 2025)
- Area
- 116.93 km²(2016)
2
Sources- 1.destatis.de/DE/ZahlenFakten/LaenderRegionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Administrativ/Aktuell/05Staedte.html
- 2.“Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2018 (4. Quartal)”destatis.de/DE/ZahlenFakten/LaenderRegionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Administrativ/Archiv/GVAuszugQ/AuszugGV4QAktuell.htmlRetrieved 2019-03-10
- 116.93 km²(2016)
- Elevation
- 150 m
- Head of government
- Rolf-Georg Köhler(2014–2021)
- , Wolfgang Meyer(2006–2014)
- , Jürgen Danielowski(2000–2006)
- +8 more
- Founded
- 953
- Postal code
- 37001–37099
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
200 statements · 18% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Twinned administrative body
- Lutherstadt Wittenberg(since 1988)
- Cheltenham(since 1951)
- Toruń(since 1978)
- León Department(since 1989)
- Pau(since 1983)
- Suresnes
- London Borough of Hackney
- Short name
- Goe instance of: library location identifier
1
- Goe instance of: library location identifier
- Member of
- Climate Alliance(since 1995)
- Mayors for Peace(since 1987)
1
Sources- 1.mayorsforpeace.org/english/membercity/map/europe.htmlRetrieved 2019-07-04
- Niedersächsischer Städtetag
- Niedersächsischer Landkreistag
1
Sources- 1.nlt.de/pics/medien/1_1573745641/Liste_Landkreise_-_Stand_1_November_2019.pdfRetrieved 2020-03-06
- WAGEV
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- Official name
- Göttingen
- Native label
- Göttingen pronunciation audio: De-Göttingen.ogg
- Awards
- EPS Historic Site(April 1, 2025)
- Geoshape
- Data:Deutschland/Niedersachsen/Göttingen/Göttingen.map
- Hashtag
- Göttingen
On other databases
73 identifiers linking Göttingen across the web's reference databases
- Alvin IDalvin-place:1081
- ArchINFORM location ID350
- Australian War Memorial IDPL505352
- BHCL UUIDa5df29c7-cceb-453c-aac7-6d4fd9e7392f
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID11954851z
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDgöttingen
- Canadiana Name Authority IDncf12005140
- CERL Thesaurus IDcnl00029316
- Comic Vine ID4020-62832
- Early Modern Letters Online location IDcc539adf-0832-4829-9699-653e191879d0
- Edition humboldt digital IDH0010897
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Gottingen
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDgottingen-gottingue
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)3KNoZz
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)526767
- Facebook location ID108157735878329
- FactGrid item IDQ10284
- FAST ID1205516
- Freebase ID/m/0bj40
- GeoNames ID6557373
- German municipality key03152012
- German regional key031590016016
- GND ID4021477-1
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDgottingen-0
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0030640
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDGöttingen
- Great Russian Encyclopedia portal IDgiottingen-fd804a
- HDS ID006589
- Historical Gazetteer (GOV) IDobject_320230
- IdRef ID027527190
- J9U entity ID987007564243605171
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID6828
- Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID4021477-1
- Klexikon article IDGöttingen
- Klimadashboard.de region IDb3eb0bb8-830b-440f-8b58-dcd299fb352e
- KSW place ID77966
- Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID9186
- Lex IDGöttingen
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn79065961
- Museum-digital place ID203
- MusicBrainz area IDe1118b38-3b6b-4e3b-a260-ba83a89eb09a
- National Historical Museums of Sweden IDgeo/BE874C0D-57EF-483A-A784-1C07132D0923
- National Library of Greece ID307553
- National Library of Ireland IDvtls001232323
- NDL Authority ID00628482
- NE.se IDgöttingen
- NL CR AUT IDge163800
- Nomisma IDgoettingen
- Numista ruling authority ID5629
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3905170
- Open Library subject IDplace:göttingen_(germany)
- OpenStreetMap node ID1674619101
- OpenStreetMap relation ID191361
- OpenWeatherMap city ID2918632
- Pinakes city ID220
- Provenio UUIDfef22226-b0d5-4fa5-aa17-b804e9975254
- Quora topic IDGöttingen-Germany
- RERO ID (legacy)A003335169
- RKD thesaurus ID7177
- SBN place IDCFIL001267
- SNARC IDQ78680
- Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri IDgeografico/1202182
- Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae IDZHYNNO267BE5LLL23X46GWAAXI
- Treccani IDgottinga
- UN/LOCODEDEGOE
- VIAF cluster ID233669754
- Vikidia article IDfr:Göttingen
- Wellcome Collection concept IDssyyzfn4
- Who's on First ID101748721
- World Historical Gazetteer place ID14157552
- WorldCat Entities IDE39PCjx9gwvQWmyjrhWRq4WHJC
- Yale LUX IDplace/90c7b557-b8c5-4ea2-85df-2e842174f391
- Zhihu topic ID19965819
