Göttingen

Country

German Empire

Coordinates

51.5339, 9.9356

History

• Göttingen (–1286), Brunswick-Lüneburg
• Göttingen (1286–1495), Principality of Göttingen
• Göttingen (1495–1692), Principality of Calenberg
• Göttingen (1692–1807), Electorate of Hanover
• Göttingen (1807–1813), Kingdom of Westphalia
• Göttingen (1813–1814), Electorate of Hanover
• Göttingen (1814–1866), Kingdom of Hanover
• Göttingen (1866–1871), Kingdom of Prussia
• Göttingen (1871–1919), German Empire
• Göttingen (1919–1933), Weimar Republic
• Göttingen (1933–1945), Nazi Germany
• Göttingen (1945–1949), allied-occupied Germany
• Göttingen (1949–1990), West Germany
• Göttingen (1990–), Germany

Composers

• Johann Nikolaus Forkel (1749–1818), died in Göttingen
• Hermann Wolfgang von Waltershausen (1882–1954), was born in Göttingen
• Georg Hajdu (1960–), was born in Göttingen