Discover Göttingen: hotels for your stay
Accommodation in Göttingen
A trip to Göttingen can bring together a range of interests: insights into research and teaching, historic buildings and collections, and gardens and paths surrounded by greenery. You can tailor your stay to culture, learning or time outdoors. The following places offer concrete starting points if you are looking for a hotel in Göttingen and considering which sides of the city you would like to discover.
Science and exhibitions
At the Forum Wissen, visitors can gain insights into ongoing research and teaching. The permanent exhibition “Spaces of Knowledge” covers 1,400 square metres. Its twelve rooms contain more than 1,400 objects from the collections of the University of Göttingen. Visitors can explore how knowledge is created through the exhibition.
The Göttingen Municipal Museum is showing the presentation “City. Power. Faith. Göttingen in the 16th Century” until further notice. Check the latest exhibition information before your trip. The museum offers guided tours of its permanent and current special exhibitions for groups and school classes; check the booking arrangements in advance.
City history and university buildings
The Old Town Hall was built in 1270. It served as a centre for council and court meetings, as well as for trade. The Gänseliesel (Goose Girl) statue stands in the market square and has been Göttingen’s landmark since 1901. These two places convey different aspects of the city’s history: the town hall with its former public and economic functions, and the Gänseliesel as a well-known city landmark.
The university also shapes the city’s historic buildings. Its Aula is a central building of the University of Göttingen and an example of neoclassical architecture. The Aula contains the Karzer, the historic university prison. The Deutsches Theater’s Grand Theatre has 488 seats in the stalls and three tiers and is considered an architectural gem of Göttingen. The theatre’s history also includes the former Theater am Wall: it opened on 30 September 1890 with Friedrich Schiller’s “William Tell” as a theatre offering three genres; since 1950/51 it has been called the Deutsches Theater Göttingen.
Gardens, city forest and paths
The Old Botanical Garden was founded in 1736 as a “hortus medicus,” or medicinal garden. You can explore its historic greenhouses, tropical vegetation in the rainforest house and its alpine garden. The Forest Botanical Garden offers a different focus: it covers around 40 hectares and is home to more than 2,000 woody plant species from different parts of the world. The two gardens therefore differ both in their history and in the collections and areas described.
The historic Göttingen city ramparts are now continuously planted and offer a route for walking around the old town. The avenue, about three kilometres long, connects the Old Botanical Garden, Albani Cemetery and Cheltenham Park. The city forest on Hainberg also offers opportunities for walks, hikes and bike rides. Göttingen offers weekly changing city walks and city tours on more than 40 themes, on foot or by bicycle. As dates and availability may change, it is advisable to check the latest tour information before your trip.
At Am Kehr, the wildlife enclosure is home to wild boar and fallow deer. A three-kilometre circular path leads around the enclosure. This route offers another specific way to include a walk in your stay.
Göttingen offers several distinct themes to help you plan your trip: exhibitions on how knowledge is created, city and university history, and botanical gardens and paths surrounded by greenery. The theme that matters most to you can help guide your choice of where to stay in the city.
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For the broader travel overview: Lower Saxony.
