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Göttingen county (Germany)

Landkreis Göttingen, Lower Saxony

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[Göttingen County flag] 3:5 image by Jörg Majewski, 21 Dec 2007
Flag adopted 24 Oct 1973

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Göttingen county

County: Göttingen [Goettingen]
county seat: Göttingen [Goettingen]
area: 1,117.47 qkm
population: 262,091
divisions: 29 municipalities, incl. 20 in 3 Samtgemeinden*, 1 city, 3 towns
*A "Samtgemeinde" (SG*), also called "collective municipality" is a combination of several municipalities to an administrative community  in Lower Saxony.
Jörg Majewski, 21 Dec 2007

Göttingen county banner

[Göttingen County banner] image by Jörg Majewski, 21 Dec 2007

Göttingen county CoA

[Göttingen County arms] image by Jörg Majewski, 21 Dec 2007
adopted 8 Nov 1973

GÖTTINGEN
Additions : 1973 Duderstadt, Münden
Origin/meaning:
The old arms were granted on 25 October 1935.
The upper part of the arms shows the lion of the Welfen dynasty, Dukes of Brunswick. The largest part of the district was part of the main possession of the Welfen dynasty since the 13th century. The lower part shows the arms of the Counts of Plesse, who ruled the northern part of the district until 1571.
The new arms were granted on 8 November 1973.
The arms show in the upper part the Welfen lion, as a common symbol for all three former districts. The lower part shows the anchor from the old arms, combined with the small shield derived from the Münden arms, and the wheel from the Duderstadt arms.
Literature : Stadler, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; Linder and Olzog, 1996
Source: Ralf Hartemink.