What is Göttingen (district)?
{{Infobox District DE | name=Göttingen | state=Lower Saxony | capital=[[Göttingen]] | area=1753 | Kreisschlüssel = 03159 | population=329,538 | population_as_of=2015 | density=188 | carsign=GÖ, DUD, HMÜ, OHA | url= [http://www.landkreis-goettingen.de landkreis-goettingen.de] | map={{Germany district OSM map |parent_subdivision = Q1197}} |image_coa = DEU Landkreis Goettingen COA.svg |image_flag = }} '''Göttingen''' is a [[districts of Germany|district]] in [[Lower Saxony]], [[Germany]]. The western half of the district is covered by the [[Weserbergland]] mountains. ==Towns and municipalities== [[File:Municipalities in GÖ-2016.svg|thumb|300px|left|Towns and municipalities in Landkreis Göttingen]] {| ! align=left width=25%|Towns ! colspan=3 align=center width=75%|[[Amt (political division)|Samtgemeinden]] |- valign=top || #[[Bad Grund]] #[[Bad Lauterberg]] #[[Bad Sachsa]] #[[Duderstadt]] #[[Göttingen]] #[[Hann. Münden]] #[[Herzberg am Harz]] #[[Osterode am Harz]] #[[Walkenried]] <br> '''Free municipalities''' #[[Adelebsen]] #[[Bovenden]] #[[Friedland, Lower Saxony|Friedland]] #[[Gleichen, Lower Saxony|Gleichen]] #[[Rosdorf]] #[[Staufenberg, Lower Saxony|Staufenberg]] <br> '''[[Unincorporated area]]''' * [[Harz (Landkreis Göttingen)|Harz]] (267.37&nbsp;km², uninhabited) || *'''1. [[Dransfeld (Samtgemeinde)|Dransfeld]]''' # [[Bühren]] # [[Dransfeld]]<sup>1, 2</sup> # [[Jühnde]] # [[Niemetal]] # [[Scheden]] || *'''2. [[Gieboldehausen (Samtgemeinde)|Gieboldehausen]]''' # [[Bilshausen]] # [[Bodensee, Lower Saxony|Bodensee]] # [[Gieboldehausen]]<sup>1</sup> # [[Krebeck]] # [[Obernfeld]] # [[Rhumspringe]] # [[Rollshausen]] # [[Rüdershausen]] # [[Wollbrandshausen]] # [[Wollershausen]] || *'''3. [[Hattorf am Harz (Samtgemeinde)|Hattorf am Harz]]''' # [[Elbingerode, Lower Saxony|Elbingerode]] # [[Hattorf am Harz]]<sup>1</sup> # [[Hörden am Harz]] # [[Wulften am Harz]] || *'''4. [[Radolfshausen]]''' # [[Ebergötzen]]<sup>1</sup> # [[Landolfshausen]] # [[Seeburg, Lower Saxony|Seeburg]] # [[Seulingen]] # [[Waake]] |- |||col