Hildesheim (; nds, Hilmessen, Hilmssen; la, Hildesia) is a city in
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...
,
Germany
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with 101,693 inhabitants. It is in the district of
Hildesheim
Hildesheim (; nds, Hilmessen, Hilmssen; la, Hildesia) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany with 101,693 inhabitants. It is in the district of Hildesheim, about southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, a small tributary of the L ...
, about southeast of
Hanover
Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...
on the banks of the
Innerste
The Innerste is a river in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Leine river and in length.
Origin of the name
The river name is not related to the German word ''innerste'' meaning innermost. ''Innerste'', in earlier times c ...
River, a small tributary of the
Leine
The Leine (; Old Saxon ''Lagina'') is a river in Thuringia and Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Aller and the Weser and is long.
The river's source is located close to the town of Leinefelde in Thuringia. About downriver, ...
River.
The
Holy Roman Emperor
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Louis the Pious
Louis the Pious (german: Ludwig der Fromme; french: Louis le Pieux; 16 April 778 – 20 June 840), also called the Fair, and the Debonaire, was King of the Franks and co-emperor with his father, Charlemagne, from 813. He was also King of Aqui ...
founded the Bishopric of Hildesheim in 815 and created the first settlement with a chapel on the so called ''Domhügel''.
Hildesheim is situated on
autobahn route 7, and hence is at the connection point of the North (Hamburg and beyond) with the South of Europe.
With the
Hildesheim Cathedral
Hildesheim Cathedral (German: '), officially the Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary (German: ''Hohe Domkirche St. Mariä Himmelfahrt'') or simply St. Mary's Cathedral (German: ''Mariendom''), is a medieval Roman Catholic cathedral in the city cent ...
and the
St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim became a
UNESCO World Heritage Site
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in 1985.
In 2015 the city and the diocese celebrated their 1200th anniversary.
History
Early years
![Hildesheim night](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Hildesheim_night.jpg)
According to tradition, the city was named after its notorious founder ''Hildwin.'' The city is one of the oldest cities in
Northern Germany
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, became the seat of the
Bishopric of Hildesheim in 815 and may have been founded when the bishop moved from
Elze
Elze () is a town in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Leine, approximately west of Hildesheim. The municipality of Elze also comprises the villages of ''Esbeck, Mehle, Sehlde, Sorsum, Wittenburg'' ...
to the
ford
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* Ford Motor Company, an automobile manufacturer founded by Henry Ford
* Ford (crossing), a shallow crossing on a river
Ford may also refer to:
Ford Motor Company
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across the River
Innerste
The Innerste is a river in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Leine river and in length.
Origin of the name
The river name is not related to the German word ''innerste'' meaning innermost. ''Innerste'', in earlier times c ...
, which was an important market on the
Hellweg
In the Middle Ages, Hellweg was the official and common name given to main travelling routes in Germany. Their breadth was decreed as an unimpeded passageway a lance's width, about three metres, which the landholders through which the Hellweg pas ...
trade route. The settlement around the cathedral very quickly developed into a town and was granted
market rights
A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rural ...
by
King Otto III in 983. Originally the market was held in a street called ''Alter Markt'' (Old Market) which still exists today. The first marketplace was laid out around the church
St. Andreas. When the city grew further, a larger market place became necessary. The present market place of Hildesheim was laid out at the beginning of the 13th century when the city had about 5,000 inhabitants.
Middle ages
When Hildesheim obtained
city status City status is a symbolic and legal designation given by a national or subnational government. A municipality may receive city status because it already has the qualities of a city, or because it has some special purpose.
Historically, city status ...
in 1249, it was one of the biggest cities in Northern Germany. For four centuries the clergy ruled Hildesheim, before a town Hall was built and the citizens gained some influence and independence. Construction of the present Town Hall started in 1268. In 1367 Hildesheim became a member of the
Hanseatic League
The Hanseatic League (; gml, Hanse, , ; german: label=Modern German, Deutsche Hanse) was a medieval commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and market towns in Central and Northern Europe. Growing from a few North German to ...
. A war between the citizens and their bishop cost dearly in 1519–23 when they engaged in a feud.
Reformation to 17th Century
Hildesheim became
Lutheran
Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched th ...
in 1542, and only the cathedral and a few other buildings remained in Imperial (Roman Catholic) hands. Several villages around the city remained Roman Catholic as well.
During the
Thirty Years' War
The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history
The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (80 ...
, Hildesheim was besieged and occupied several times: in 1628 and 1632 by imperial troops; and in 1634 by troops from Brunswick and Lüneburg.
19th century
In 1813, after the
Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European states formed into various coalitions. It produced a period of Fren ...
, the town became part of the
Kingdom of Hanover
The Kingdom of Hanover (german: Königreich Hannover) was established in October 1814 by the Congress of Vienna, with the restoration of George III to his Hanoverian territories after the Napoleonic era. It succeeded the former Electorate of Han ...
, which was annexed by the
Kingdom of Prussia
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as a
province
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after the
Austro-Prussian War
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in 1866. In 1868 a highly valuable trove of about 70 Roman silver vessels for eating and drinking, the so-called
Hildesheim Treasure
The Hildesheim Treasure, unearthed on October 17, 1868 in Hildesheim, Germany, is the largest collection of Roman silver found outside imperial frontiers. Most of it can be dated to the 1st century AD. The trove consists of about seventy exquisi ...
, was unearthed by Prussian soldiers.
Early 20th century and World War II
In the beginning of WWII, roundups of the Jewish population began, with hundreds of Hildesheim's Jews being deported to concentration camps. The city was heavily damaged by
air raids in 1945, especially on 22 March. Although it had little military significance, two months before the end of the war in Europe the historic city was
bombed as part of the
Area Bombing Directive
The Area Bombing Directive was a directive from the wartime British Government's Air Ministry to the Royal Air Force, which ordered RAF Bomber Command to destroy Germany's industrial workforce and the morale of the German population, through b ...
in order to undermine the morale of the German people. 28.5% of the houses were completely destroyed and 44.7% damaged. 26.8% of the houses remained undamaged. The centre, which had retained its medieval character until then, was almost levelled. The city as a whole was destroyed by 20 - 30%. As in many cities, priority was given to rapid building of badly needed housing, and concrete structures took the place of the destroyed buildings. Most of the major churches, two of them now UNESCO World Heritage Sites, were rebuilt in the original style soon after the war. During the war, valuable world heritage materials had been hidden in the basement of the city wall.
Late 20th century and present
In 1978, the
University of Hildesheim
The University of Hildesheim (in German ''Universität Hildesheim'') is a public university located in Hildesheim.
History
Alfeld University of Education (Pädagogische Hochschule Alfeld) - University of Hildesheim
The University of Hildeshe ...
was founded. In the 1980s a reconstruction of the historic centre began. Some of the unattractive concrete buildings around the market place were torn down and replaced by replicas of the original buildings. In the autumn of 2007, a decision was made to reconstruct the ''Umgestülpter Zuckerhut'' (
Upended Sugarloaf
The Upended Sugarloaf (in German: ''Der umgestülpte Zuckerhut'') is a half-timbered house in the city of Hildesheim in the federal state of Lower Saxony in Germany.
History and architecture
The Upended Sugarloaf is a historic building ...
), an iconic half-timbered house famous for its unusual shape. In 2015 the city and the diocese celebrates their 1200 anniversary with the
Day of Lower Saxony
The Day of Lower Saxony (german: Tag der Niedersachsen or ''TdN'') is a three-day, cultural state festival in the German state of Lower Saxony, which has taken place annually since 1981. The venue is always a different Lower Saxon town.
Aim
At t ...
.
Religions
In 1542 most of the inhabitants became Lutherans. Today, 28.5% of the inhabitants identify themselves as Roman Catholics (
Hildesheim Diocese) and 38.3% as Protestants (
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover
The Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover (german: Evangelisch-lutherische Landeskirche Hannovers) is a Lutheran church body ''(Landeskirche)'' in the northern German state of Lower Saxony and the city of Bremerhaven covering the territory of th ...
). 33.0% of the inhabitants are adherents of other religions or do not have a religion at all. Up until 2015 the
Serbian Orthodox
The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian churches.
The majority of the population in ...
Bishop of Germany had his seat in Himmelsthür (a locality of Hildesheim), before the seat moved to Frankfurt and, in 2018, to Düsseldorf.
Main sights
![HiMuehlenstrasse](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/HiMuehlenstrasse.jpg)
* The ''Marktplatz'' (
historic market place) was reconstructed in 1984–1990 after its destruction in the March 1945 air raid. The more noteworthy buildings in the square are:
** The ''Knochenhaueramtshaus'' (
Butchers' Guild Hall), originally built in 1529 and destroyed in 1945, it was reconstructed from 1987 to 1989 according to original plans. The façade is sumptuously decorated with colourful paintings and German proverbs. Today the building houses a restaurant and the City Museum.
** The ''Bäckeramtshaus'' (Bakers' Guild Hall) is a half-timbered house which was originally built in 1825. It was destroyed in 1945 and rebuilt 1987-89. Today, it houses a café.
** The
Town Hall
In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre (in the UK or Australia), guildhall, or a municipal building (in the Philippines), is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually houses ...
, erected in the 13th century in
Gothic
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People and languages
*Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes
**Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths
**Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...
style. Partly destroyed in 1945, it was rebuilt and inaugurated in 1954.
** The ''
Tempelhaus'', a
late-Gothic
Gothic architecture (or pointed architecture) is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas. It e ...
14th-century
patrician
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* Patrician (post-Roman Europe), the governing elites of cities in parts of medieval ...
house, which today houses the tourist information office. It suffered some damage during the Second World War but was restored and inaugurated in 1950.
** The ''Wedekindhaus'', a 16th-century patrician house, is characterised by its high, ornately carved storeys including their ledges with depictions of allegorical figures.
** The adjoining ''Lüntzelhaus'' was built in 1755 in
Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
style.
** The ''Rolandhaus'' was originally built in the 14th century in Gothic style. In 1730, the house was remodelled, and a Baroque portal and a large bay window were added.
** The ''Stadtschänke'' (Town Tavern) is a large half-timbered house which was originally built in 1666. The smaller adjoining ''Rococcohaus'' was built in 1730 in
rococo
Rococo (, also ), less commonly Roccoco or Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and theatrical style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpted moulding, ...
style.
** The ''Wollenwebergildehaus'' (Weavers' Guild Hall) was approximately built in 1600.
* The
Romanesque St. Mary's Cathedral (Hildesheim Cathedral), with its ancient bronze doors (
Bernward Doors
The Bernward Doors (german: Bernwardstür) are the two leaves of a pair of Ottonian or Romanesque bronze doors, made for Hildesheim Cathedral in Germany. They were commissioned by Bishop Bernward of Hildesheim (938–1022). The doors show r ...
) (c. 1015) and other treasures. The cathedral was built in the 9th century, but almost completely destroyed in 1945; it was reconstructed soon after the war. It has been listed as a
UNESCO
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World Heritage Site
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since 1985. The "
Thousand-year Rose
The Thousand-year Rose (German: ''Tausendjähriger Rosenstock'', literally: Thousand-year-old Rosebush), also known as the Rose of Hildesheim, grows on the apse of the Hildesheim Cathedral, a Catholic cathedral in Hildesheim, Germany, that is dedi ...
" is a reputedly 1,000‑year‑old
dog rose bush, allegedly the world's oldest living
rose
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. It continues to flourish on the wall of the cathedral apse.
** Museum of the Cathedral:
Cathedral Treasure
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.
*
St. Michael's Church (UNESCO World Heritage Site) – an early
Romanesque church in Germany and an example of
Ottonian
The Ottonian dynasty (german: Ottonen) was a Saxon dynasty of German monarchs (919–1024), named after three of its kings and Holy Roman Emperors named Otto, especially its first Emperor Otto I. It is also known as the Saxon dynasty after the ...
architecture. It was built from 1010 to 1022.
* The ''
St. Andreas'' (St. Andrew's Church), a 12th-century Gothic church with the
highest church steeple (114.5 m) in
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...
. Opposite the church stands the
Upended Sugarloaf
The Upended Sugarloaf (in German: ''Der umgestülpte Zuckerhut'') is a half-timbered house in the city of Hildesheim in the federal state of Lower Saxony in Germany.
History and architecture
The Upended Sugarloaf is a historic building ...
, a half-timbered house dating from 1509.
* The ''
Roemer-und-Pelizaeus-Museum
The Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim is an archaeological museum in Hildesheim, Germany. Mostly dedicated to ancient Egyptian and ancient Peruvian art, the museum also includes the second largest collection of Chinese porcelain in Europe ...
'', with collections from ancient
Egypt
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and
Peru
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and special exhibitions.
* The ''Kreuzkirche'' (Church of the Holy Cross) was originally a part of the medieval fortifications. It was converted into a church around 1079, severely damaged in 1945 and rebuilt after the war.
* The Romanesque
Basilica Minor of
St. Godehard
Gotthard (or Godehard) (960 – 5 May 1038 AD; la, Gotthardus, Godehardus), also known as ''Gothard'' or ''Godehard the Bishop'', was a German bishop venerated as a saint.
Life
Gotthard was born in 960 near Niederalteich, Niederaltaich in the ...
(St. Gotthard's Church), built 1133–1172, which is scheduled to become a
UNESCO
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World Heritage Site in the near future. Other notable buildings stand opposite the church:
St. Nicolai's Chapel is a former parish church which was built in the Romanesque style in the 12th century and transformed into a residential building after 1803, and the
Hospital of the Five Wounds which is a large half-timbered house dating from 1770 with a
half-hip roof
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.
* The church
St. Lamberti is a late Gothic building, venue of a weekly concert series at market time.
* The ''Kehrwiederturm'' (Kehrwieder Tower), built around 1300, is the only remaining tower of the
medieval
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fortifications.
* ''Half-timbered houses'' which were not destroyed during
World War II
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can be seen around
St. Godehard
Gotthard (or Godehard) (960 – 5 May 1038 AD; la, Gotthardus, Godehardus), also known as ''Gothard'' or ''Godehard the Bishop'', was a German bishop venerated as a saint.
Life
Gotthard was born in 960 near Niederalteich, Niederaltaich in the ...
and the ''Kehrwieder Tower'', in the streets Keßlerstraße, Knollenstraße,
Gelber Stern, Am Kehrwieder,
Lappenberg, Brühl, Hinterer Brühl, and Godehardsplatz. Some of them have ornate wood carvings in their façades, e.g. the ''Wernersches Haus'' (1606) in Godehardsplatz and the ''Waffenschmiedehaus'' (weapon smith house, 1548) at Gelber Stern.
*The church ''
St. Jacobi'' (St. James' Church) is a 500-year-old pilgrim church in the Gothic style and was one of the many St. James chapels on
St. James's Path. Today the church is a culture church with emphasis on literature.
*The Monument of the Synagogue (consecrated in 1849 and destroyed in 1938 during the
Kristallnacht
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) was erected in 1988 in the old Jewish quarter on ''
Lappenberg'' Street. The foundations were reconstructed to give observers an idea of how large the synagogue was. The reddish brick building (built around 1840) opposite was the Jewish school.
* ''Mauritiuskirche'' (St. Maurice's Church), a Romanesque church (11th century) on a hill in the west of the city in the quarter of
Moritzberg with a cloister. The interior of the church is Baroque and the tower was added in 1765.
* ''Kaiserhaus'' (Emperor's House):
Renaissance
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building (1586) in ''Alter Markt'', the oldest street of Hildesheim, rebuilt after the war. The façade is decorated with Roman statues and medallions. Opposite, there is a noteworthy sandstone bay window dating from 1568. Originally, it belonged to a private house which was torn down at the end of the 19th century. The bay window was dismantled before and added to another house in the eastern part of Hildesheim which remained undamaged during World War II. From there, the bay window was removed when the house was remodelled and added to the school at the present site in 1972.
* Close to the ''Kaiserhaus'' (Emperor's house) the ''Alte Kemenate'', a noteworthy medieval store house reaching a height of 5.5 meters, can be seen behind the school in the street Alter Markt. It has a rectangular basis measuring 6.5 meters × 5.0 meters and a cellar with a vaulted construction. The store house, one of the oldest profane buildings in Hildesheim, was built of
sandstone
Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains. Sandstones comprise about 20–25% of all sedimentary rocks.
Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates) ...
in a Gothic style the 15th century. According to other sources it might be even older, i.e. built between the end of the 11th and the middle of the 13th century. The building has two floors. As it did not consist of wood it did not burn down in 1945, but was only damaged and immediately repaired after the war. From 1945 - 1951 it was used for residential purposes. The ''Alte Kemenate'' is not open to the public.
* St Magdalena's Church (''Magdalenenkirche'') is a small church with large
lancet windows
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in the historic street Old Market (''Alter Markt'') which was consecrated in 1224. It was originally built in a Romanesque style, but enlarged and remodelled in Gothic style in 1456. It houses a wooden altar (about 1520) with carvings and other works of art. The small street Süsternstraße features a well-preserved part of the medieval city wall with a round tower. Opposite the church, a tall half-timbered house which was rebuilt in 1981 on the medieval city wall can be seen in the small side street Mühlenstraße. The façade is decorated with wood carvings.
*
Magdalenengarten, a Baroque park which was laid out in 1720–1725, is near St. Magdalena's Church. There are many different kinds of rose bush, a rose museum, pavilions, Baroque statues, a well-preserved part of the medieval city wall in it and even a vineyard yielding 100–200 bottles of wine per year. In spring a rare species of wild yellow tulip (tulipa sylvestris) blossoms in the western part of the park.
*
St. Bernward's Church, a
neo-Romanesque
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church built 1905–1907, destroyed in 1945 and rebuilt from 1948 to 1949, houses a Gothic wooden altar
retable
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dating from the beginning of the 15th century.
* A part of the medieval defence system consisting of a wall with moats and ramparts, built around the city in the 13th century, is well preserved.
Kalenberger Graben, an artificial lake, is a part of it. It is surrounded by a park. In April a rare species of wild yellow tulip (tulipa sylvestris) blossoms in the park.
*
Steuerwald Castle
Steuerwald Castle (''Burg Steuerwald'') is a Romanesque castle in Hildesheim, a city in Lower Saxony, Germany.
The castle is currently used by a private riding club and is not open to the public. There are plans to convert the castle into a ...
(''Burg Steuerwald'') in the north of the city, about from the Market Place, was built 1310–13. Its tower (25 m) was added in 1325. The chapel, dedicated to St Magdalena, was originally built in the Romanesque style and transformed into a Gothic chapel in 1507. Today it is used for weddings and concerts.
*
Marienburg Castle (''Burg Marienburg'') is in the southeast of Hildesheim, about from the Market Place. It was built 1346–1349.
*
Sorsum Sorsum, a district of the city of Hildesheim, is a small village in northern Germany.
History
Over 800 years ago in the year 1125 ''Sutterem'', later Sorsum, was first mentioned in literature. A memorial in the middle of the village was raised in ...
is a former village in the West of Hildesheim which became a part of the city in 1974. There is a former domain, founded in the Middle Ages, which was transformed into a residential area after 2000. The pigeon tower, built in 1733, the large barn (1786) and the manor house dating from 1734 are the most notable sights in this rural part of Hildesheim.
*
Marienrode Priory
Marienrode Priory is a Benedictine nunnery in Marienrode, a district of Hildesheim in Germany.
An Augustinian monastery was founded here in 1125 by the Bishop of Hildesheim, Berthold I von Alvensleben, in a place then known as ''Baccenrode''. ...
(''Kloster Marienrode'') is in the southwest of Hildesheim, about from the Market Place. It was founded in 1125. The foundation stone of the present church was laid in 1412. The church was built in Gothic style with three naves and completed in 1462. The Baroque ridge turret was added in the 18th century. In the church, there are two noteworthy Baroque altars dating from 1750 approximately and a Gothic sandstone sculpture of Saint Mary which was made in 1460. The organ dates from the middle of the 18th century. A small chapel of the priory, Saint Cosmas and Damian, which was built in 1792, was converted into a small Protestant church in 1830. The priory was dissolved in 1806, but returned to the Catholic Church in 1986. Since 1988, it has again been operated by nuns. Near the monastery there is a large fishpond with a tall windmill built in 1839.
Other places of interest include the theatre, offering opera, operetta and musicals, drama, ballet and concerts.
Incorporations
* 1911:
Moritzberg
* 1912: Steuerwald
* 1938: Drispenstedt and Neuhof
* 1971: Ochtersum
* 1974: Achtum-Uppen, Bavenstedt, Einum, Himmelsthür, Itzum, Marienburg, Marienrode and
Sorsum Sorsum, a district of the city of Hildesheim, is a small village in northern Germany.
History
Over 800 years ago in the year 1125 ''Sutterem'', later Sorsum, was first mentioned in literature. A memorial in the middle of the village was raised in ...
Demographics
Population history
On 31 Dec 2017 Hildesheim had 103,970 inhabitants.
Largest minority groups
The following list shows the largest foreign groups in the city of Hildesheim :
List of mayors of Hildesheim
* 1803–1843: Georg Otto Ferdinand Lohde
* 1843–1848: Carl Christoph Lüntzel
* 1848: Commissioned by Oberg, Starke, and Wynecken
* 1848–1852: Amtsassessor Domeier
* 1853–1875: Paul Johann Friedrich Boysen
* 1876–1895: Gustav Struckmann
* 1895–1896: Hans Ukert, not as mayor
* 1896–1909: Gustav Struckmann, reelected
* 1909–1937: Ernst Ehrlicher
* 1945–1946: Erich Bruschke
* 1946–1950: Albin Hunger
* 1950–1952: Friedrich Lekve
* 1952–1958: Albin Hunger, reelected
* 1958–1959: Paul Lienke
* 1959–1964: Martin Boyken
* 1964–1968: Friedrich Nämsch
* 1968–1972: Martin Boyken, reelected
* 1972–1975: Friedrich Nämsch, reelected
* 1975–1981: Heiko Klinge
* 1981–1991: Gerold Klemke
* 1991–2001: Kurt Machens
* 2001–2005: Dr. Ulrich Kumme
* 2005–2014: Kurt Machens, reelected
* 2014–present: Dr. Ingo Meyer
Twin towns – sister cities
Hildesheim is
twinned with:
*
Angoulême
Angoulême (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Engoulaeme''; oc, Engoleime) is a communes of France, commune, the Prefectures of France, prefecture of the Charente Departments of France, department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern Franc ...
, France (1965)
*
Minya, Egypt (1975)
*
Weston-super-Mare
Weston-super-Mare, also known simply as Weston, is a seaside town in North Somerset, England. It lies by the Bristol Channel south-west of Bristol between Worlebury Hill and Bleadon Hill. It includes the suburbs of Mead Vale, Milton, Oldmixon ...
, England, United Kingdom (1983)
*
Gelendzhik
Gelendzhik (russian: Геленджи́к) is a resort town in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, located on the Gelendzhik Bay of the Black Sea, between Novorossiysk ( to the northwest) and Tuapse ( to the southeast). Greater Gelendzhik sprawls for alon ...
, Russia (1992)
*
North Somerset
North Somerset is a unitary authorities of England, unitary district in Somerset, South West England. Whilst its area covers part of the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Somerset, it is administered independently of the non ...
, England, United Kingdom (1997)
*
Pavia
Pavia (, , , ; la, Ticinum; Medieval Latin: ) is a town and comune of south-western Lombardy in northern Italy, south of Milan on the lower Ticino river near its confluence with the Po. It has a population of c. 73,086. The city was the capit ...
, Italy (2000)
Events of international interest
*
M'era Luna Festival
The M'era Luna is a rock festival that encompasses a number of different styles such as metal, future pop, aggrotech, synthpop, gothic rock, dark wave, and ebm. It is held annually on the second weekend of every August, in Hildesheim, Ge ...
, Europe's most important event of the
gothic
Gothic or Gothics may refer to:
People and languages
*Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes
**Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths
**Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...
and
wave
In physics, mathematics, and related fields, a wave is a propagating dynamic disturbance (change from equilibrium) of one or more quantities. Waves can be periodic, in which case those quantities oscillate repeatedly about an equilibrium (res ...
scene
* "Jazztime" festival on the weekend of Pentecost (in May or June)
Economy
Important and significant companies in the city of Hildesheim are:
* Robert Bosch Car Multimedia
* St. Bernward Hospital
* Helios Hospital
* Sparkasse Hildesheim
* KSM Castings Group
* Petrofer Chemie H. R.
* Optimal Personal & Organisation
* Medifox DAN
* Howmet Aerospace
Transport
Hildesheim has an efficient traffic infrastructure: it is a regional hub for national roads and railway (
Hildesheim Hauptbahnhof
Hildesheim Hauptbahnhof ( German for ''Hildesheim Central Station'') is the main railway station for the city of Hildesheim in Lower Saxony, Germany. The station opened in 1961 and is located on the Lehrte–Nordstemmen, Hildesheim–Brunswick a ...
is served by
InterCityExpress services), is connected to the
motorway
A controlled-access highway is a type of highway that has been designed for high-speed vehicular traffic, with all traffic flow—ingress and egress—regulated. Common English terms are freeway, motorway and expressway. Other similar terms i ...
(
Autobahn
The (; German plural ) is the federal controlled-access highway system in Germany. The official German term is (abbreviated ''BAB''), which translates as 'federal motorway'. The literal meaning of the word is 'Federal Auto(mobile) Track'. ...
), has a harbour on the
Mittellandkanal
The Mittelland Canal, also known as the Midland Canal, (german: Mittellandkanal, ) is a major canal in central Germany. It forms an important link in the waterway network of that country, providing the principal east-west inland waterway connec ...
(canal) and Hildesheim Betriebsgesellschaft Airfield.
Education
There are many
secondary schools
A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...
(
Gymnasiums,
comprehensive school
A comprehensive school typically describes a secondary school for pupils aged approximately 11–18, that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude, in contrast to a selective school system where admission is res ...
s and subject-specific secondary schools): Gymnasium Andreanum, Gymnasium Marienschule, Gymnasium Josephinum Hildesheim, Scharnhorstgymnasium Hildesheim, Goethegymnasium Hildesheim, Michelsenschule, Gymnasium Himmelsthür. Further: Freie Waldorfschule Hildesheim, Robert-Bosch-Gesamtschule. Friedrich-List-Schule (Fachgymnasium Wirtschaft), Herman-Nohl-Schule (Fachgymnasium Gesundheit und Soziales), Walter-Gropius-Schule (Berufsbildende Schule), Werner-von-Siemens-Schule (Fachgymnasium Technik), Elisabeth-von-Rantzau-Schule (Fachakademie für Sozialmanagement).
Tertiary Education
Tertiary education, also referred to as third-level, third-stage or post-secondary education, is the educational level following the completion of secondary education. The World Bank, for example, defines tertiary education as including univers ...
can be achieved at the ''
University of Hildesheim
The University of Hildesheim (in German ''Universität Hildesheim'') is a public university located in Hildesheim.
History
Alfeld University of Education (Pädagogische Hochschule Alfeld) - University of Hildesheim
The University of Hildeshe ...
'' or ''Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst'' (HAWK), a
co-operation
Cooperation (written as co-operation in British English) is the process of groups of organisms working or acting together for common, mutual, or some underlying benefit, as opposed to working in competition for selfish benefit. Many animal a ...
with the cities of
Holzminden
Holzminden (; nds, Holtsminne) is a town in southern Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Holzminden. It is located on the river Weser, which at this point forms the border with the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Histor ...
and
Göttingen
Göttingen (, , ; nds, Chöttingen) is a college town, university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the Capital (political), capital of Göttingen (district), the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. At the end of 2019, t ...
.
Culture
The community has the headquarters of the
Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Frankfurt and all of Germany
Serbian may refer to:
* someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe
* someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people
* Serbian language
* Serbian names
See also
*
*
* Old Serbian (disambiguation) ...
.
[Kontakdaten]
." Diocese of Central Europe. Retrieved on 27 February 2011. "Obere Dorfstr. 12 D - 31137 Hildesheim-Himmelsthür"
Notable people
A–K
![Adolf Hurwitz](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Adolf_Hurwitz.jpg)
*
Klaus Berger (born 1940), ev. theologian
*
St. Bernward (960–1022), bishop of Hildesheim
*
Adolf Bertram
Adolf Bertram (14 March 1859 – 6 July 1945) was archbishop of Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland) and a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
Early life
Adolf Bertram was born in Hildesheim, Royal Prussian Province of Hanover (now Lower Saxony), ...
(1859–1945), German Roman Catholic bishop
*
Andreas Bovenschulte
Andreas Bovenschulte (born 11 August 1965) is a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as the President of the Senate and Mayor of Bremen since 2019.
Early life and education
Bovenschulte was born ...
(born 1965), politician
*
Ludolph van Ceulen
Ludolph van Ceulen (, ; 28 January 1540 – 31 December 1610) was a German-Dutch mathematician from Hildesheim. He emigrated to the Netherlands.
Biography
Van Ceulen moved to Delft most likely in 1576 to teach fencing and mathematics and in 159 ...
(1540–1610), mathematician
*
Nadine Chanz
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The following is a list of Playboy Playmates of 1996. ''Playboy'' magazine names its Playmate of the Month each month throughout the year.
January
Victoria Alynette Fuller (born December 11, 1970, in Santa Barbara, California, Unite ...
(born 1972), playboy playmate
*
Bernd Clüver
Bernd Clüver (10 April 1948 in Hildesheim – 28 July 2011 in Palma, Spain) was a German singer.
Life
Clüver became a famous German Schlager singer in Germany and had several hits during the 1970s. His best-known song is perhaps ''Der J ...
(1948–2011), crooner (The boy with the harmonica)
*
Wolfgang Danne
Wolfgang Danne (9 December 1941 – 16 June 2019) was a West German pair skater. He was born in Hildesheim. With partner Margot Glockshuber, he became the Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics, 1968 Olympic bronze medalist. They were als ...
(born 1941), figure skater
*
Catharina Helena Dörrien (1717–1795), botanist
*
Saint Godehard
Gotthard (or Godehard) (960 – 5 May 1038 AD; la, Gotthardus, Godehardus), also known as ''Gothard'' or ''Godehard the Bishop'', was a German bishop venerated as a saint.
Life
Gotthard was born in 960 near Niederalteich, Niederaltaich in the ...
(960–1038), also known as St Gotthard,
Bishop of Hildesheim
This list records the incumbents of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hildesheim (german: link=no, Bistum Hildesheim). Between 1235 and 1803 the bishops simultaneously officiating as rulers of princely rank (prince-bishop) in the Prince-Bishopric of ...
*
Uwe Gronostay
Uwe Gronostay (25 October 1939 – 29 November 2008) was a German choral conductor and composer.
Born in Hildesheim, he grew up in Braunschweig and was already organist of the Jakobikirche at age 15. He studied church music in Bremen and worked ...
(1939–2008), choirmaster
*
Jakob Guttmann (1845–1919), chief rabbi, philosopher,
pedagogue
Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken as ...
*
John of Hildesheim (c. 1310–1375), a writer and
Carmelite
, image =
, caption = Coat of arms of the Carmelites
, abbreviation = OCarm
, formation = Late 12th century
, founder = Early hermits of Mount Carmel
, founding_location = Mount Car ...
friar
A friar is a member of one of the mendicant orders founded in the twelfth or thirteenth century; the term distinguishes the mendicants' itinerant apostolic character, exercised broadly under the jurisdiction of a superior general, from the ol ...
*
Julius Guttmann Julius Guttmann (Hebrew: יוליוס גוטמן), born Yitzchak Guttmann (15 April 1880 in Hildesheim – 19 May 1950 in Jerusalem), was a German-born rabbi, Jewish theologian, and philosopher of religion.
Biography
Julius was born to Jakob Gut ...
(1880–1950), German and
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
i
rabbi
A rabbi () is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi – known as ''semikha'' – following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form of ...
, Jewish philosopher and historian
*
Karl Hamann (1903–1973), 1948–51 chairman of the
LDPD and minister
*
Prince Ernst August of Hanover (born 1983)
german: Ernst August Andreas Philipp Constantin Maximilian Rolf Stephan Ludwig Rudolph
, image =Ernst August Prinz von Hannover (1983).jpg
, house = Hanover
, spouse =
, issue = Princess ElisabethPrince Welf AugustPrincess ...
(born 1983), born in Hildesheim
*
Petra Hartmann (born 1970), author and literature scientist
*
Hubertus Heil
Hubertus Heil (born 3 November 1972) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) who has been serving as Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs in the fourth cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel and the first ca ...
(born 1972), politician (SPD)
*
Wilhelm Hennis
Wilhelm Hennis (18 February 1923 – 10 November 2012) was a German political scientist.
Hennis was born in Hildesheim. In 1960, he became professor at the Pedagogical College of Hannover. In 1962, he became a Professor in Hamburg, and in 1967 a ...
(1923–2012), political scientist
*
Frederick Hornemann (1772–1801), German African explorer
*
Adolf Hurwitz (1859–1919), 19th-century German
mathematician
A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems.
Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change.
History
On ...
*
Wilhelm Koppe
Karl Heinrich Wilhelm Koppe (15 June 1896 – 2 July 1975) was a German Nazi commander ('' Höhere SS und Polizeiführer (HSSPF), SS-Obergruppenführer''). He was responsible for numerous atrocities against Poles and Jews in Reichsgau Warthelan ...
(1896–1975), 20th-century German
Obergruppenführer
' (, "senior group leader") was a paramilitary rank in Nazi Germany that was first created in 1932 as a rank of the ''Sturmabteilung'' (SA) and adopted by the ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) one year later. Until April 1942, it was the highest commissio ...
and General der Waffen-SS und Polizei
*
Hans Adolf Krebs
Sir Hans Adolf Krebs, FRS (, ; 25 August 1900 – 22 November 1981) was a German-born British biologist, physician and biochemist. He was a pioneer scientist in the study of cellular respiration, a biochemical process in living cells that ex ...
(1900–1981), physician and biochemist,
Physiology and Medicine in 1953
*
Diane Kruger
Diane Kruger ( Heidkrüger; ; born 15 July 1976) is a German and American actress. Early in her career, Kruger gained worldwide recognition and received the Trophée Chopard from the Cannes Film Festival.
Kruger became known for her roles in ...
(born 1976), supermodel and actress, who played Helen in the film ''
Troy
Troy ( el, Τροία and Latin: Troia, Hittite language, Hittite: 𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭 ''Truwiša'') or Ilion ( el, Ίλιον and Latin: Ilium, Hittite language, Hittite: 𒃾𒇻𒊭 ''Wiluša'') was an ancient city located at Hisarlik in prese ...
''
L–Z
*
Heinrich Nordhoff
Heinz Heinrich Nordhoff (6 January 1899 – 12 April 1968) was a German engineer who led the Volkswagen company as it was rebuilt after World War II.
Life and career
Nordhoff was born in Hildesheim, the son of a banker. He graduated from the Tech ...
(1899–1968), engineer, Chairman of
Volkswagen
Volkswagen (),English: , . abbreviated as VW (), is a German Automotive industry, motor vehicle manufacturer headquartered in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. Founded in 1937 by the German Labour Front under the Nazi Party and revived into a ...
and key figure in the VW Beetle's history
*
Didrik Pining
Didrik Pining ( 1430 – 1491) was a German privateer, nobleman and governor of Iceland and Vardøhus.
In 1925, researcher Sofus Larson proposed that Pining may have landed in North America in the 1470s, almost twenty years before Columbus' vo ...
(1430–1491), a 15th-century explorer of the North Atlantic, was born in Hildesheim
![Ferdinand Roemer 2](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Ferdinand_Roemer_2.jpg)
*
Erich Pommer (1889–1966), film producer, born in Hildesheim
*
Thomas Quasthoff
Thomas Quasthoff (born 9 November 1959) is a German bass-baritone. Quasthoff has a range of musical interest from Bach cantatas, to lieder, and solo jazz improvisations. Born with severe birth defects caused by thalidomide, Quasthoff is , and has ...
(born 1959), German bass-baritone singer
*
Henry Rathbone
Henry Reed Rathbone (July 1, 1837 – August 14, 1911) was a United States military officer and diplomat who was present at the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Rathbone was sitting with his fiancée, Clara Harris, next to the pre ...
(1837–1911), US Consul, institutionalized in Hildesheim after murdering his wife but acquitted by reason of insanity
*
Ferdinand von Roemer
Carl Ferdinand von Roemer (5 January 1818 – 14 December 1891), German geologist, had originally been educated for the legal profession at Göttingen, but became interested in geology, and abandoning law in 1840, studied science at the Univer ...
(1818–1891), geologist, born in Hildesheim
*
Michael Schenker
Michael Schenker (born 10 January 1955) is a German guitarist. He played in the rock band UFO and leads the Michael Schenker Group. He was an early member of the hard rock band Scorpions, a band co-founded by his elder brother Rudolf Schenker ...
(born 1955), German rock guitarist, founding member of the
Scorpions
Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the order Scorpiones. They have eight legs, and are easily recognized by a pair of grasping pincers and a narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back and always end ...
and of the band
UFO
An unidentified flying object (UFO), more recently renamed by US officials as a UAP (unidentified aerial phenomenon), is any perceived aerial phenomenon that cannot be immediately identified or explained. On investigation, most UFOs are id ...
*
Rudolf Schenker
Rudolf Schenker (born 31 August 1948) is a German guitarist and founder of the hard rock band Scorpions. He is the rhythm guitarist, primary songwriter and longest-serving original member of the band. He is also the CEO/owner-manager of the Sc ...
(born 1948),
guitarist
A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a person who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of guitar family instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselv ...
and founding member of the
hard rock
Hard rock or heavy rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard ...
band
Band or BAND may refer to:
Places
*Bánd, a village in Hungary
*Band, Iran, a village in Urmia County, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
* Band, Mureș, a commune in Romania
*Band-e Majid Khan, a village in Bukan County, West Azerbaijan Province, I ...
Scorpions
Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the order Scorpiones. They have eight legs, and are easily recognized by a pair of grasping pincers and a narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back and always end ...
,
born in ''Hildesheim''
*
Oskar Schindler
Oskar Schindler (; 28 April 1908 – 9 October 1974) was a German industrialist, humanitarian and a member of the Nazi Party who is credited with saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust by employing them in his enamelware and amm ...
(1908–1974), German industrialist,
Righteous Among the Nations
Righteous Among the Nations ( he, חֲסִידֵי אֻמּוֹת הָעוֹלָם, ; "righteous (plural) of the world's nations") is an honorific used by the State of Israel to describe non-Jews who risked their lives during the Holocaust to sav ...
, died in Hildesheim, about whom the book Schindler's Ark was written; see also the film ''
Schindler's List
''Schindler's List'' is a 1993 American epic historical drama film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg and written by Steven Zaillian. It is based on the 1982 novel ''Schindler's Ark'' by Australian novelist Thomas Keneally. The film fo ...
''
*
Eberhard Schlotter
Eberhard Schlotter (June 3, 1921 – September 8, 2014) worked as an international painter in Spain and Germany. He is the brother of the sculptor Gotthelf Schlotter (1922–2007).
Schlotter was born in Hildesheim, eldest son of the sculptor Hei ...
(1921–2014), painter and graphic artist
*
Wolfram Sievers (1905–1948), Nazi war criminal and director of
Ahnenerbe
The Ahnenerbe (, ''ancestral heritage'') operated as a think tank in Nazi Germany between 1935 and 1945. Heinrich Himmler, the ''Reichsführer-SS'' from 1929 onwards, established it in July 1935 as an SS appendage devoted to the task of promot ...
, executed for war crimes
*
Bruno Snell (1886–1986), classic philologist
*
Guy Stern
Guy Stern (born Günther Stern; January 14, 1922) is a German-American decorated member of the secret Ritchie Boys World War II military intelligence interrogation team. As the only person from his Jews, Jewish family to flee Nazi Germany, he c ...
(born 1922), American literary critic and honorary citizen of the city
*
Maik Taylor
Maik Stefan Taylor (born 4 September 1971) is a former Northern Ireland international football goalkeeper and, since July 2022, goalkeeping coach at Birmingham City.
At club level, Taylor played non-League football for Petersfield Town, Basingst ...
(born 1971),
Northern Ireland
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and
Birmingham City
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footballer
* The twins
Wolfgang and
Christoph Lauenstein
Christoph Lauenstein (born 20 March 1962 in Hildesheim, West Germany) is a German producer, director and writer.
Lauenstein entered the School of Fine Arts in Kassel, Germany in 1985. While enrolled at the school Lauenstein, together with his ...
(born 1962), winners of an
Academy Award
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in 1989 for their film ''
Balance
Balance or balancing may refer to:
Common meanings
* Balance (ability) in biomechanics
* Balance (accounting)
* Balance or weighing scale
* Balance as in equality or equilibrium
Arts and entertainment Film
* ''Balance'' (1983 film), a Bulgaria ...
''
*
Wilhelm Wachsmuth (1784–1866), historian
Gallery
MarktplatzHildesheimKugelPanorama.jpg, Spherical Panorama of the Market Place
Knochenhaueramtshaus 1900.jpg, Knochenhaueramtshaus before the destruction on 22 March 1945
St-andreas.jpg, St Andreas, 114 m high steeple
Hildesheim-St-Godehard-Nordseite-Panorama.jpg, Basilica of St Godehard
Hildesheim-St- Lamberti-Neue Turmhaube-001-Hildesia.jpg, St. Lamberti, 2007, with the new spire
HildesheimMarktplatz.jpg, Market Place (Markt) on an autumn evening
KlSteuer5.jpg, St Mauritius Church
Keßlerstraße 92 Hildesheim 20060930 001.jpg, Half-timbered houses in Keßlerstraße
Hildesheim Hinterer.Brühl.Timberframe.House.04.JPG, Half-timbered houses in street "Hinterer Brühl"
Hildesheim Himmelthür Orthodox church.JPG, Abbey of the Dormition of the Theotokos
The Dormition of the Mother of God is a Great Feast of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches (except the East Syriac churches). It celebrates the "falling asleep" (death) of Mary the ''Theotokos'' ("Mother of ...
Hildesheim um 1900.jpg, The town hall around 1900
See also
*
Metropolitan region Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg
Metropolitan may refer to:
* Metropolitan area, a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories
* Metropolitan borough, a form of local government district in England
* Metropolitan county, a ...
References
External links
The city's own website.Article about Hildesheim from the early 1900s
{{Authority control
Cities in Lower Saxony
Jewish communities in Germany
Hildesheim (district)
815 establishments
Members of the Hanseatic League