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Photo: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons
Marktplatz. This fountain outside the Altes Rathaus is Göttingen's most famous figure. She is known as the "most kissed girl in the world" since every local student who receives a Ph.D. gives her a kiss (after being dressed up with a silly graduation hat and wheeled to the statue in a handcart).
The Gänseliesel is a fountain which was erected in 1901 in front of the medieval town hall of Göttingen, Germany. Although rather small in size, the fountain is the best-known landmark of the city. Today, it is an essential part of graduation celebrations, as it is traditional for students who complete a doctorate at the University of Göttingen to climb the fountain and kiss the statue of the goose girl.
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