| Type: | Village |
| Göttingen | |
| Town: | Langenau |
| Image Coa: | DEU Langenau-Göttingen COA.svg |
| Coordinates: | 48.4967°N 10.12°W |
| State: | Baden-Württemberg |
| Region: | Tübingen |
| District: | Alb-Donau-Kreis |
| Elevation: | 492 |
| Population: | 1171 |
| Stand: | 2019-12-31 |
| Postal Code: | 89129 |
| Area Code: | (+49) (0)7345 |
| Licence: | UL |
Göttingen is a village in the town of Langenau in the southern German state of Baden-Württemberg. The current population of Göttingen is 1171, as of December 2019.[1]
The settlement of 'Gotingen' presumably developed as an Alemannic ancient village in the 6th/7th century.[2] Göttingen, as a 'modern' village, was first mentioned in the directory of the nearby Elchingen Abbey in 1225.[2]
On 1 April 1972, the village of Göttingen was incorporated into the neighbouring town of Langenau.[3]
Göttingen is home to a Protestant Lutheran church (St. Justina, mistakenly also known as 'Martinskirche')[4] and a Roman Catholic church (Martinskirche, dedicated to St. Martin).[2]
The village is situated in the historic region of Swabia in southern Germany, on the southeastern edge of the Swabian Jura.[5] Göttingen is located in the eastern part of the state of Baden-Württemberg, approximately 14 km (9 miles) northeast of Ulm. The village is bordered by Elchingen in the south and hence also shares a border with the German state of Bavaria. Göttingen is also bordered by Langenau in the east, and Albeck in the north and west of its boundaries.
Surrounded by the Autobahn 8 (Munich – Stuttgart) in the south and the Autobahn 7 in the east, Göttingen is conveniently connected to the national Autobahn system.