Gänseliesel

A beautiful city with a great multicultural variety, a beautiful mix of nationalities living harmoniously. Music and art of all kinds, it is very pleasant to spend an evening in the old and beautiful center. We stayed overnight at Astoria Hotel clean and pleasant.

It was fantastic 😍😍😍 and lovely experience to have in life

Just lovely☺️Should check the story behind it. This small city is so peaceful. Really enjoyed walking around here.

Gänseliesel, also referred to as "Goose Girl," is a historical fountain in Göttingen notable for the PhD graduates at the University of Göttingen who are required, as part of an old tradition in Göttingen, to go and kiss her as a token of their love on the day of graduation. Despite the fact that it was built in 1901, it has undergone minor restorations. Every time I visit the city center, I love to walk by this fountain.

Not my favourite fountain. But we did see it in the winter. Maybe it’s better in the summer.

Very interesting. A lot of interesting and cool things to do around the city center. Especially the "Weinachtsmarkt" or Christmas Market during December. Year round there are also occasional events and occasions to see or do things there. It's a small town and has a small City charm instead of a big commercial area with lots of high end shops. Very nice place to see and visit.

Seen during short visit of Göttingen, probably the nicest place in city centre. I like the story about that statue and local students kissing it.

My comments will be for the place at all, not for the statue. The statue itself doesn't have anything special, nether a history behind. What is nice is that all the graduating students from the Göttingen University goes there to kiss and climb the statue, putting a flower bouquet on top, what makes it to be the "most kissed lady in the world". My rate is more for the environment around. The old city hall is there and they are almost always organizing events around. There a plenty of restaurants, ice cream places and stores nearby

The Goose Girl / Gänseliesel for Göttingen is like the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin or the Eiffeltower in Paris. Every tourist takes a photo here. The monument is as old as the Göttinger Sparkasse, 1901. The figure was replaced through a replica in 1990 - but you can see the original in the city museum. If you do your PhD at the Georg-August University you are supposed to kiss the Goose Girl.