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Göttingen district

district in Lower Saxony, Germany
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Göttingen district

Summary

Göttingen district is a district of Lower Saxony[1]. It draws 600 Wikipedia views per month (district_of_lower_saxony category, ranking #8 of 37).[2]

Key Facts

  • Göttingen district was a member of Climate Alliance[3].
  • Göttingen district is located in Lower Saxony[4].
  • Göttingen district is located in Lower Saxony[5].
  • Göttingen district is in the country of Germany[6].
  • Göttingen district's head of government is recorded as Marcel Riethig[7].
  • Göttingen district's instance of is recorded as district of Lower Saxony[8].
  • Göttingen district's instance of is recorded as Option municipality[9].
  • Göttingen district's capital is recorded as Göttingen[10].
  • Göttingen district's official language is recorded as German[11].
  • Göttingen district's shares border with is recorded as Northeim[12].
  • Göttingen district's shares border with is recorded as Kassel[13].
  • Göttingen district's shares border with is recorded as Landkreis Kassel[14].
  • Göttingen district's shares border with is recorded as Werra-Meißner-Kreis[15].
  • Göttingen district's shares border with is recorded as Eichsfeld[16].
  • Göttingen district's shares border with is recorded as Nordhausen[17].
  • Göttingen district's shares border with is recorded as Goslar district[18].
  • Göttingen is named after Göttingen district[19].
  • Göttingen district's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Göttingen[20].
  • Göttingen district's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Duderstadt[21].
  • Göttingen district's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Hann. Münden[22].
  • Göttingen district's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Gleichen[23].
  • Göttingen district's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Osterode am Harz[24].
  • Göttingen district's twinned administrative body is recorded as Steglitz-Zehlendorf[25].
  • Göttingen district's legislative body is recorded as Q131196078[26].
  • Göttingen district's Commons category is recorded as Landkreis Göttingen[27].

Body

Founding

1885 marks the founding of Göttingen district[28].

Why It Matters

Göttingen district draws 600 Wikipedia views per month (district_of_lower_saxony category, ranking #8 of 37).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Göttingen, Duderstadt, Hann. Münden +2
    Instance of → district of Lower Saxony, Option municipality
    Member of → —
    Different from → Principality of Göttingen
    + 38 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/53411|batch #53411]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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