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Göttingen

Göttingen is a university town on the Leine river in Lower Saxony, Germany. A member of the Hanseatic League in the Middle Ages, it became famous after George II, as Elector of Hanover, founded its university in 1734. In 1837 seven professors, among them the Brothers Grimm, were dismissed for protesting against King Ernest Augustus's revocation of the Hanoverian constitution.

Göttingen
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Duchy of Brunswick-LüneburgPrincipality of GöttingenPrincipality of CalenbergKingdom of Hanover

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Göttingen. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/gottingen
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