Monument to the Göttingen Seven

The monument was built in 1998 based on a design by the artist Floriano Bodini. The monument commemorates and honors the seven Göttingen professors—Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann, Wilhelm Eduard Albrecht, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Heinrich Ewald, Georg Gottfried Gervinus, and Wilhelm Weber—the “Göttingen Seven.” During the Hanoverian constitutional conflict in the era of the Kingdom of Hanover, these seven professors championed democracy. The monument also serves as a tribute to moral courage and a “commitment to civic virtues as the cornerstones of our community.”

© HMTG

Tourist highlights

Sights

Discover Hannover’s sights, rich in history and full of things to do.

read