Göttingen (Langenau)

Göttingen
Village of Langenau
Historic heart of the village

Coat of arms
Göttingen
Coordinates: 48°29′48″N 10°7′12″E / 48.49667°N 10.12000°E / 48.49667; 10.12000Coordinates: 48°29′48″N 10°7′12″E / 48.49667°N 10.12000°E / 48.49667; 10.12000
Country Germany
State Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region Tübingen
District Alb-Donau-Kreis
Town Langenau
Elevation 492 m (1,614 ft)
Population (2016-12-31)
 • Total 1,148
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 89129
Dialling codes (+49) (0)7345
Vehicle registration UL
Website www.langenau.de (German)

Göttingen is a village in the town of Langenau in the southern German state of Baden-Württemberg. The current population of Göttingen is 1148, as of December 2016.[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 (German)

References

  1. ↑ Data of Göttingen – http://langenau.de/de/01_stadt/01.06_zahlen/c_main.php (German)
  2. 1 2 3 Göttinger Dorfgeschichte(n) -Ortschronik- ISBN 978-3-00-043963-6
  3. ↑ Statistisches Bundesamt (e­d.) (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, Göttingen (Langenau). p. 458. ISBN 3-17-003263-1.
  4. ↑ Stadt Langenau - Ortsteil Göttingen. Website der Stadt. Abgerufen am 15. Februar 2015.
  5. ↑ http://langenau.de/de/01_stadt/01.01_langenau/c_main.php
  6. ↑ 3.8.2008, Sonntag Aktuell Ausgabe Ulm vom. "Olympische Familienbande". ulmer-ruderclub.de.
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