Göttingen Highlights: Gänseliesel, Gauss and the Old Town Churches

St. Johannis – medieval starting point The tour begins at Johanniskirchhof at the Rats- und Stadtkirche St. Johannis, whose construction history makes Göttingen’s medieval development visible. The three-aisled Gothic church was built between 1300 and 1344 on the foundations of a Romanesque predecessor; corresponding tr…

St. John's Church, Göttingen

From Church Interior to Public Custom From St. Johannis, the route leads through the medievally influenced old town to the market square. Here stands the Gänseliesel Fountain, which directs the view from ecclesiastical order to a public custom that remains vibrant to this day. In 1898, the Göttingen magistrate announce…

Gänseliesel-Brunnen (Göttingen), Ansichtskarte von um 1910

St. Nikolai in the Nikolaiviertel From the Gänseliesel, the route leads into the Nikolaiviertel, which in the Middle Ages, between Groner Straße and the southern town wall, was shaped by linen and wool weavers who had immigrated from Flanders. At the center of this artisans’ and merchants’ quarter stands St. Nikolai, w…

Brilon, St. Nikolai Kirche, Strahlenkranzmadonna-2014-03-07

Kunsthaus Göttingen From the Nikolaiviertel, the route leads from the medieval St. Nikolai Church into contemporary art. At Düstere Straße 7 stands the Kunsthaus Göttingen, an exhibition venue opened in 2021 for works on paper, photography, and new media. It has no collection of its own and is therefore not a museum in…

Old Fink From St. Nicholas Church, the route leads through the Nikolaiviertel into Nikolaistraße, where the Alte Fink reveals another side of Göttingen: not the sacred or civic urban space, but the convivial culture of the historic tavern. The Alte Fink was a traditional Göttingen establishment and was particularly ass…

Alte Fink Europa (Göttingen) jm20199

Gauß-Weber Monument From the sacred atmosphere of St. Johannis Church, the route leads across the market square to the Gänseliesel, continues through the Nikolaiviertel to St. Nikolai Church. At the Kunsthaus, medieval urban history gives way to the modern art scene; at the Alte Fink on Nikolaistraße, Göttingen’s livel…

Carl Friedrich Gauß (1777-1855) und Wilhelm Weber(1804-1891) - Göttingen IMG 6220