Gänseliesel

Fairy-Tale Road


The Gänseliesel (little goose girl) statue, the symbol of the city, is hailed locally as the most kissed woman in the world – after graduating, doctoral students climb up to peck her on the cheek. The original statue, subject to vandalism, is kept in the Städtisches Museum.


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1. Altes Rathaus

0.02 MILES

Built in 1270, the Old Town Hall once housed the merchants’ guild. Inside, later decorations added to its Great Hall include frescos of the coats of arms…

2. Städtisches Museum

0.24 MILES

This lovely four-storey fachwerk house, where Johannes Brahms stayed in the summer of 1853, is home to an interesting series of exhibits on Göttingen's…

3. Bismarckturm

1.55 MILES

Set amid parkland southeast of the centre, Göttingen's 1898 Bismarck Tower has a 31m viewing platform from which you can see as far as the Göttingen…

4. Göttinger Wald

1.99 MILES

Göttinger Wald is one of the best mixed forest stands of predominantly beech and oak in the region. It’s easily reached by following Herzberger…

5. Deutsches Hugenotten Museum

22.12 MILES

Over three floors of a former tobacco warehouse, this interesting museum traces the history of the French Hugeunot refugees in Germany. The exhibits…

6. Fridericianum

24.23 MILES

This excellent contemporary art museum hosts temporary exhibitions and symposia exploring relevant, topical themes such as the re-emergence of fascism in…

7. Documenta Halle

24.23 MILES

Built expressly to augment the Museum Fridericianum as the primary exhibition space for Kassel's quinquennial art extravaganza Documenta, the Halle hosts…

8. Schloss Wilhelmsthal

24.41 MILES

About 15km northwest of Kassel you'll find one of Germany's best-preserved and most beautiful rococo palaces, built by Landgrave Wilhelm VIII as a leisure…

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