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Hildesheim

Coat of arms

Coordinates: 52°09′N 09°57′E

Country GermanyState Lower SaxonyDistrict Hildesheim

Government • Mayor Ingo Meyer

Area • Total 92.96 km 2 (35.89 sq mi)

Hild esheimFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hildesheim [ˈhɪl.dәs.ˌhaɪ ̯m] is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany with almost 100,000 inhabitants. Itis located in the district of Hildesheim, about 30 k msoutheast of Hanover on the banks of the InnersteRiver, which is a small tributary of the Leine River.

Contents

1 Hildesheim

2 Religions

3 Main sights

4 Incor porations5 Demographics

5.1 Population history

5.2 Largest minority groups

6 List of mayors of Hildesheim7 International relations

7.1 Twin towns – sister cities

8 Events of international interest

9 Econ omy

10 Transport

11 Culture12 Notable residents

13 Gallery

14 See also

15 References

16 External links

Location of within Hild esheim district

Coordinates: 52°09′N 09°57′E

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Spheric Panorama of the MarketPlace

Bakers' Guild Hall and Butchers'Guild Hall in the Market Place

Historic Market Place with City Halland market fountain

In 1542, most of the inhabitants became Lutherans. Today 28.5% of the inhabitants are Roman Catholics(Hildesheim Diocese) and 38.3% are Protestants (Lutheran State Church of Hanover). 33.0% of theinhabitants are adherents of other religions or do not have a religion at all. The Serbian Orthodox bishop(Central European Diocese) has his seat in Himmelsthür (a locality of Hildesheim).

Main sights

The historic market place ( Marktplatz ) was once consideredone of the most beautiful market places in the world. It wasreconstructed in 1984–1990 in its former splendour, after itsdestruction in the March 1945 air raid. The more noteworthy

buildings in the square are:The Knochenhaueramtshaus ("Butchers' Guild Hall"),known as a beautiful and fine specimen of half-timbered building. Originally built in 1529 anddestroyed in 1945, it was reconstructed from 1987 to1989 according to original plans. The façade issumptuously decorated with colourful paintings andGerman proverbs. Today the building houses arestaurant and the City Museum.The Bäckeramtshaus (Bakers' Guild Hall) is a half-timbered house which was originally built in 1825. Itwas destroyed in 1945 and rebuilt 1987-89. Today, ithouses a café.The Town Hall, erected in the 13th century in Gothicstyle. Partly destroyed in 1945, it was rebuilt andinaugurated in 1954.The Tempelhaus , a late-Gothic 14th-century patrician

house, which today houses the tourist informationoffice. It suffered some damage during the SecondWorld War but was restored and inaugurated in 1950.The Wedekindhaus , a 16th-century patrician house, ischaracterised by its high, ornately carved storeysincluding their ledges with depictions of allegoricalfigures.The adjoining Lüntzelhaus was built in 1755 in baroquestyle.The Rolandhaus was originally built in the 14th centuryin Gothic style. In 1730, the house was remodelled, andan impressive baroque portal and a large bay windowwere added.The Stadtschänke (Old City Tavern) is a large half-timbered house which was originally built in 1666. Thesmaller adjoining Rococcohaus was built in 1730 inrococo style.The Wollenwebergildehaus (Weavers' Guild Hall) wasapproximately built in 1600.

The Romanesque Hildesheim Cathedral, with its ancient bronze doors (Bernward Doors) (c. 1015) and other treasures.The church was built in the 9th century, but almost

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Saint Michael's Church and the tower of St. Andreas seen from St.Magdalena's Garden

Tempelhaus in the Historic MarketPlace

The Wernersches House (1606) is ahalf-timbered house with woodcarvings in its façade

completely destroyed in 1945; it was reconstructed soon after the war. It is listed as an UNESCO World Heritage Site since1985. The "Thousand-year Rose" is a reputedly1,000 ‑year ‑old dog rose bush, allegedly the world's oldestliving rose. It continues to flourish on the wall of the cathedralapse.

Museum of the Cathedral: Cathedral Treasure.St. Michael's Church (UNESCO World Heritage Site) – anoteworthy early Romanesque church in Germany and aunique example of Ottonian architecture. It was built from1010 to 1022.The St. Andreas , a 12th-century church with the highestchurch steeple (120 m) in Lower Saxony. From the top youget an interesting view of Hildesheim and its surroundings.Opposite the church, the Upended Sugarloaf, a famous half-timbered house dating from 1509, is worth a visit.The Roemer-und-Pelizaeus-Museum , with significantcollections from ancient Egypt and Peru and spectacular

special exhibitions organized every year.The Kreuzkirche (Church of the Holy Cross) was originally a part of the medieval fortifications. It was converted into achurch around 1079, severely damaged in 1945 and rebuiltafter the war.The Romanesque Basilica minor St. Godehard, built 1133– 1172, which is scheduled to become an UNESCO WorldHeritage Site in the near future. Furthermore, there are somemore sightworthy buildings opposite the church: St. Nicolai'sChapel is a former parish church which was built in aRomanesque style in the 12th century and transformed into aresidential building after 1803, and the Hospital of the FiveWounds which is a large half-timbered house dating from1770 with a half-hip roof.The church St. Lamberti is a late Gothic building, venue of aweekly concert series at market time.The Kehrwiederturm (Kehrwieder Tower), built around 1300,is the only remaining tower of the medieval fortifications.

Half-timbered houses which were not destroyed during WorldWar II can be seen around St. Godehard and the Kehrwieder Tower , in the streets Keßlerstraße, Knollenstraße, Gelber Stern, Am Kehrwieder, Lappenberg, Brühl, Hinterer Brühl,and Godehardsplatz. Some of them have beautiful woodcarvings in their façades, e.g. the Wernersches Haus (1606) inGodehardsplatz and the Waffenschmiedehaus (weapon smithhouse, 1548) at Gelber Stern.The Monument of the Synagogue (consecrated in 1849 anddestroyed by the Nazis in 1938) was erected in 1988 in the oldJewish quarter on Lappenberg Street, one of the most

beautiful streets in Hildesheim. The foundations were reconstructed and give you an idea of how bigthe 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

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Half-timbered houses in Lappenberg Street

Tower Kehrwiederturm (14th century)

the city in the quarter of Moritzberg with a beautiful cloister. The interior of the church is baroqueand the tower was added in 1765. From the forest behind the church you get a beautiful view of Hildesheim with many different churches.

Kaiserhaus (Emperor's House): Renaissance building (1586)in Alter Markt , the oldest street of Hildesheim, rebuilt after the war. The façade is decorated with Roman statues andmedallions. Opposite, there is a noteworthy sandstone baywindow 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 Estern part of Hildesheim which remainedundamaged during World War II. From there, the bay windowwas removed when the house was remodelled and added tothe school at the present site in 1972. [5]

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 x

5,0 meters and a cellar with a vaulted construction.[6]

Thestore house, one of the oldest profane buildings inHildesheim, was built of sandstone in a gothic style the 15thcentury. According to other sources it might be even older,i.e. built between the end of the 11th and the middle of the13th century. [7] The building has two floors. As it did notconsist of wood it did not burn down in 1945, but was onlydamaged and immediately repaired after the war. From 1945 -1951 it was used for residential purposes. The Alte Kemenateis not open to the public, but you get a good impression fromthe school yard or from the small side street Schenkenstraße.St. Magdalena's Church ( Magdalenenkirche ) is a small churchwith large lancet windows in the historic street Old Market( Alter Markt ) which was consecrated in 1224. It wasoriginally built in a Romanesque style, but enlarged andremodelled in a gothic style in 1456. It houses a wooden altar (about 1520) with carvings and other works of art. In thesmall street Süsternstraße, a well-preserved part of themedieval city wall with a round tower is worth a visit behindthe church. Opposite the church, a tall half-timbered housewhich 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'sChurch. There are many different kinds of rose bushes, a rose museum, pavilions, baroque statues, awell-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 tulips (tulipa sylvestris) blossoms in thewestern part of the park.St. Bernward's Church, a neo-Romanesque church built 1905-07, destroyed in 1945 and rebuilt from1948–49, houses a gothic wooden altar retable dating from the beginning of the 15th century.A part of the medieval defence system consisting of a wall with moats and remparts which was builtaround the city in the 13th century is well-preserved. Kalenberger Graben, an artificial lake, is a partof it. It is surrounded by a park with footpaths offering a scenic view of the city center and of many

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Marienrode Priory

sights. In April a rare species of wilde yellow tulips (tulipa sylvestris) blossoms in the park.Steuerwald Castle ( Burg Steuerwald ) in the north of the city, about 3 km from the Market Place, was

built 1310–1313. Its tower (25 m) was added in 1325. The chapel, dedicated to St Magdalena, wasoriginally built in the Romanic style and transformed into a Gothic chapel in 1507. Today it is usedfor weddings and concerts.Marienburg Castle ( Burg Marienburg ) is in the southeast of Hildesheim, about 6 km from the MarketPlace. It was built 1346-1349.Sorsum is a former village in the West of Hildesheim which became a part of the city in 1974. There

is a sightworthy former domain, founded in the Middle Ages, which was transformed into aresidential area after 2000. The pigeon tower, built in 1733, the large barn (1786) and the impressivemanor house dating from 1734 are interesting sights in this rural part of Hildesheim.Marienrode Priory ( Kloster Marienrode ) is in the southwestof Hildesheim, about 6 km from the Market Place. It wasfounded in 1125. The foundation stone of the present churchwas laid in 1412. The church was built in gothic style withthree naves and completed in 1462. The baroque ridge turretwas added in the 18th century. In the church, there are twonoteworthy baroque altars dating from 1750 approximatelyand a gothic sandstone sculpture of Saint Mary which wasmade in 1460. The organ dates from the middle of the 18thcentury. A small chapel of the priory, Saint Cosmas andDamian, which was built in 1792, was converted into a smallProtestant church in 1830. The priory was dissolved in 1806,

but returned to the Catholic Church in 1986. Since 1988, ithas again been operated by nuns. Near the monastery there isa large fishpond with a scenic view and a tall windmill built in1839. The area is especially beautiful at cherry blossom time.

Other places of interest include the Theatre, offering opera, operetta

and musicals, drama, ballet and concerts.

Incorporations

1911: Moritzberg1912: Steuerwald1938: Drispenstedt and Neuhof 1971: Ochtersum1974: Achtum-Uppen, Bavenstedt, Einum, Himmelsthür, Itzum, Marienburg, Marienrode andSorsum

emographics

Population history

Largest minority groups

The following list shows the largest foreign groups in the city of Hildesheim as of 2013: [8]

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Renaissance bay window in Alter

Markt Street

River Innerste and Saint Magdalena'sChurch

Baroque park Magdalenengarten

Rank Nationality Population (2016)

1 Turkey 5,334

2 Poland 764

3 Serbia 474

4 Italy 442

5 Iraq 299

6 Syria 268

7 Russia 254

8 Bulgaria 243

List of mayors of Hildesheim

1803–1843: Georg Otto Ferdinand Lohde1843–1848: Carl Christoph Lüntzel

1848: Commissioned by Oberg, Starke, and Wynecken1848–1852: Amtsassessor Domeier 1853–1875: Paul Johann Friedrich Boysen1876–1895: Gustav Struckmann1895–1896: Hans Ukert, not as mayor 1896–1909: Gustav Struckmann, reelected1909–1937: Ernst Ehrlicher 1945–1946: Erich Bruschke1946–1950: Albin Hunger 1950–1952: Friedrich Lekve1952–1958: Albin Hunger, reelected1958–1959: Paul Lienke1959–1964: Martin Boyken1964–1968: Friedrich Nämsch1968–1972: Martin Boyken, reelected1972–1975: Friedrich Nämsch, reelected1975–1981: Heiko Klinge1981–1991: Gerold Klemke1991–2001: Kurt Machens2001–2005: Dr. Ulrich Kumme2005–2014: Kurt Machens, reelected

2014–present: Ingo Meyer

International relations

Twin towns – sister cities

Hildesheim is twinned with:

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Vineyard in Magdalenengarten .

Alte Kemenate , a medieval storehouse (15th century)

St. Magdalena's Church

Angoulême, Francesince 1965 [9]

Al Minya, Egypt since1975

Weston-super-Mare,United Kingdom since1983

Padang Indonesia, co-op city since 1988

Halle Germany,friend partnership since1990

Gelendzhik, Russiasince 1992

North Somerset,United Kingdom [10] since1997

Pavia, Italy since2000

Events of international interest

M'era Luna Festival, Europe's most important event of thegothic and wave scene"Jazztime" festival on the weekend of Pentecost (in May or June)

Economy

Hildesheim is home to notable multinational corporations – besidesmany strong medium-sized companies – including Blaupunkt,Bosch, Krupp, Thyssen, Fairchild and Coca-Cola.

Transport

Hildesheim has an efficient traffic infrastructure: it is a regional hubfor interstate roads and railway (Hildesheim Hauptbahnhof is served

by InterCityExpress services), is connected to the motorway (Autobahn), has a harbour at the artificial

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Half-timbered house (1981) built onthe medieval city wall in

Mühlenstraße

Historical population

Year Pop. ±%1400 6,000 —1450 8,000 +33.3%1648 5,500 −31.2%

1803 11,108 +102.0%1825 12,630 +13.7%1849 14,651 +16.0%1871 20,801 +42.0%1875 22,581 +8.6%1890 33,481 +48.3%1900 42,973 +28.4%1910 50,239 +16.9%1919 53,499 +6.5%1925 58,522 +9.4%1933 62,519 +6.8%1939 72,101 +15.3%1950 65,531 −9.1%1961 96,296 +46.9%1970 93,400 −3.0%1975 106,000 +13.5%1980 102,700 −3.1%1985 100,900 −1.8%

waterway Mittellandkanal and an airport.

Culture

The community has the headquarters of the Serbian OrthodoxDiocese of Central Europe. [11]

Notable residents

St. Bernward, Bishop of HildesheimLudolph van Ceulen, mathematician

Nadine Chanz, Playboy PlaymateSaint Godehard, also known as St. Gotthard, Bishop of HildesheimJakob Guttmann (1845–1919), chief rabbi, philosopher,

pedagogueJulius Guttmann (1880–1950), German and Palestinian rabbi,Jewish philosopher and historianPetra Hartmann, author and literature scientistFrederick Hornemann, (1772-18019, German Africanexplorer Adolf Hurwitz, 19th-century German mathematicianHans Adolf Krebs, Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicinein 1953Diane Kruger, supermodel and actress, who played in TroyHeinrich Nordhoff (1899-1968), Chairman of Volkswagenand key figure on the VW Beetle's history.

Didrik Pining, a 15th-century explorer of the North Atlantic,was born in Hildesheim.Erich Pommer (1889-1966), film producer, born inHildesheim.Thomas Quasthoff, (* 1959), German bass-baritone singer Henry Rathbone, U.S. Consul, imprisoned in Hildesheim.Rudolf Schenker, (* 1948), guitarist and founding member of the hard rock band Scorpions, born in Hildesheim .Oskar Schindler (1908–1974) German industrial, RighteousAmong the Nations, died in Hildesheim.Maik Taylor, Northern Ireland and Birmingham City

footballer.The twins Wolfgang and Christoph Lauenstein, winners of anAcademy Award in 1989 for their film Balance .Ferdinand von Roemer, geologist, born in Hildesheim.Prince Ernst August of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, born in Hildesheim.

Gallery

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, .1997 105,700 +2.1%2002 103,448 −2.1%2013 100,708 −2.6%

Knochenhaueramtshaus before the destructionon 22 March 1945

St. Michael's Church,UNESCO WorldHeritage

St. Andreas, 114 mhigh steeple

Basilica St. Godehard

St. Lamberti, 2007,with the new spire

Market Place (Markt)on an autumn evening

St. Mauritius Church.

Half-timbered housesin Keßlerstraße.

Half-timbered housesin street "Hinterer Brühl"

Abbey of theDormition of theTheotokos, seat of theBishop of Central

Europe (SerbianOrthodox Church)

See also

Metropolitan region Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg

References

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Wikivoyage has a travelguide for Hildesheim .

1. Landesbetrieb für Statistik und Kommunikationstechnologie Niedersachsen, 102 Bevölkerung - Basis Zensus2011, Stand 31. Dezember 2013 (Tabelle K1020014) (http://www1.nls.niedersachsen.de/statistik/)

2. Neigenfind, W.: Unsere schöne Stadt , p.46. Hildesheim 1964.3. Neigenfind, W.: Unsere schöne Stadt , p.38. Hildesheim 1964.4. Borck, Heinz-Günther: Der Marktplatz zu Hildesheim , p.24. Hildesheim 1989.5. Segers-Glocke, Christiane: Baudenkmale in Niedersachsen, Band 14.1. - Hildesheim , p.109. Hameln 2007.6. Segers-Glocke, Christiane: Baudenkmale in Niedersachsen, Band 14.1. - Hildesheim , p.108. Hameln 2007.7. Stadtgeschichte auf dem Hinterhof . - Hildesheimer Allgemeine Zeitung, 23 June 2009, p.9.8. "Stadt Hildesheim Statistische Daten 2014" (PDF) . Stadt Hildesheim. Retrieved 2015-07-13.9. "National Commission for Decentralised cooperation". Délégation pour l’Action Extérieure des Collectivités

Territoriales (Ministère des Affaires étrangères) (in French). Retrieved 2013-12-26.10. (unitary authority based in Weston-super-Mare)11. "Kontakdaten (http://www.serbische-diozese.org/03/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blo

g&id=34&Itemid=27&lang=de)." Diocese of Central Europe. Retrieved on 27 February 2011. "Obere Dorfstr. 12D - 31137 Hildesheim-Himmelsthür"

External links

The city's own website. (http://www.hildesheim.de/)360° Panoramas Hildesheim (http://www.panorama-cities.net/hildesheim/hildesheim.html)Article about Hildesheim (http://www.oldandsold.com/articles04/europe15.shtml)Travel guide for Hildesheim (http://www.virtualtourist.com/tr avel/Europe/Germany/Land_Niedersachsen/Hildesheim-53576/TravelGuide-Hildesheim.html)Pictures (http://www.raymond-faure.com/Hildesheim/hildesheim.htm)

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