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Göttingen

The city Göttingen has approximately 120.000 residents and is located at the heart of Germany, in the German state of lower Saxony. It was first mentioned in the year 953, achieved city rights in 1230 and is now the sixth greatest town in lower Saxony.
With over 20% of the residents being students, Göttingen is a typical university town and nearly everybody is somehow connected to the university be it through work, friends or family. The Georg-August University was named after the English King Georg the first and was inaugurated in the year 1737. Today the university has approximately 24.000 students and is employer for more than 10.000 people.

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