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The author Andreas Srenk and photographer André Chales de Beaulieu take the reader on a trip to Göttingen and its surroundings. You get to the sights of this on paying and the surrounding areas know both lyrically and visually, and you will be informed through a variety of commercial establishments. I appreciate the concept of the series "Trends and lifestyle," because it is ultimately good publicity for the ortansässigen middle class is and gives potential visitors a prior information, where to eat or drink something really good and or buy something nice, so no cheap trinkets. When old glory to be obtained, must flourish of the middle class, tax revenues must be high. Everyone should know this. A city without a thriving business is now a dead city.

Göttingen, as the photos show, exhibit much medieval buildings, which is remarkably well restored. Srenk Göttingen called "The city of knowledge and brains" and justifies this in his opening post. In this place is all about the university. Of the total 130 000 inhabitants, is every 5th enrolled. The university also creates a large number of jobs and thus forms the heart of Gottingen.

Goethe was spending time in this university town and lived there, including Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Carl Friedrich Gauss, Wilhelm Weber, Clemens von Brentano, the Brothers Grimm, Otto von Bismarck, Heinrich Heine, Arthur Schopenhauer, Robert Koch, Johannes Brahms and many others.

You read anecdotes from the Goose Girl Fountain, since 1901 is landmark of the city and learns that since 1926 the figure of the sculptor Paul portraits may no longer be kissed. Göttingen was already in the 13 Century city rights. The city's history is briefly sketched here and will not forget to mention that you can shop between Jacobi district, and St. Alban Accouchierhaus well and enjoy. is pointed

among others, the St. Alban's Church, is also seen in a photograph. In today's architecture, it is the youngest of the medieval churches of the city. Art historically interesting is the altar by Hans Geismar.

In the course of the book you will learn the Southtown know which impresses with its beautiful old mansions. Not far from this part of town is a 15-acre lake that used to all sorts of leisure activities is. The Ostviertel of Göttingen is characterized by residential, parks and observatories. The two observatories operated by the university. 1833 there written history of science. Carl-Friedrich Gauss and his colleague Wilhelm Weber presented here produced the first telegraph line in the world between the observatory and Physics Institute in Papendiek.

The new town of Gottingen also be mentioned before the history-oriented Hann. Lead gets to know more detail. In the listed old town, there are over 700 half-timbered houses spanning six centuries. The three-river town is between Weser and long Kaufinger forest. In Hann. Lead the way, died in the famous traveling physician Johann Andreas Eisenbarth, which provides still for tourist hype. Also worth seeing are the buildings in the Weser Renaissance style, including the Town Hall and the Main Building of the castle, but also the oldest stone bridge in Lower Saxony, the Werra bridge.

Man learns of high recreational value of the place Dransfeld. As you can see a picture, the landscape shows there is very idyllic. In the Gauss-Museum in Dransfeld one can admire a replica of the way, he invented heliotrope. With this solar mirror could make remote measurements of scientists visible.

in Norten-Hardenberg is the count's estate, which helped the city to economic prosperity, as is shown in greater detail. The manor house, now a Relais and Chateau Hotel is each year by 250 000 tourists. Perhaps you can find in the gourmet restaurant "Novalis" the "Blue Flower", which can look for the gifted descendant of the House by one of its protagonists.

© 2010 Trends and Lifestyle Göttingen
André Chales de Beaulieu / Umschau
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Closer including several restaurants, fashion shops, a very nice pub, the "Villa Cuba", which is organized by students, professors, tourists and South Americans Göttingen like to visit a furniture store, an optician, a wine and deli a nursery, a business that sells allerei lifestyle items and fashion accessories, the stores of two fashion designers on site, a nice coffee shop, even the studio and gallery of Uta Very, whose art show will briefly sketched. Also interesting is the report of the jewelry designer, Martina Fischer and the description of the gallery and the Art Museum Nottbohm, which presents selected exhibits on two floors of different artists and styles.

About the "Göttinger Symphony Orchestra" one learns to know. Next year marks the big 150-year anniversary with numerous concerts. One more reason to visit Göttingen and its surroundings and the opportunity to convince itself from the economic prosperity of the region and to the survival of which contribute something.

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Photos: © 2010 Trends and Lifestyle Göttingen / André Chales de Beaulieu / Umschau