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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Göttingen

13 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Göttingen, Germany

Updated September 19, 2019

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The Göttingen Collection of Mathematical Models

These beautiful objects represent beautiful ideas.
A newly decorated Gänseliesel

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Gänseliesel

The Goose Girl of Göttingen, Germany might well be the most kissed girl in the world.
A cell of the Göttingen studentenkarzer.

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Göttingen Studentenkarzer

One of the oldest student jails in Germany.
The four-ton Mintrop ball

Göttingen, Germany

Wiechert Earthquake Station

Home to the world’s oldest seismograph and a four-ton steel ball that makes its own earthquakes.

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Planetenweg Göttingen

A 1:2 billion-scale solar system leads visitors into this German university town.
MPS satellite models.

Göttingen, Germany

Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research Satellite Models

A staggering collection of satellite models and actual flight parts.
Gauss’ Grave in Cheltenhampark

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Grave of Carl Friedrich Gauss

The man who gave his name to magnetic measurement is buried in the city where he did his best work.
Gauss-Weber Telegraph Memorial.

Göttingen, Germany

Gauss-Weber Telegraph Memorial

It commemorates one of the world's earliest telegraphs.
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