Hildesheim, Germany: General travel information
Hildesheim, area 92 km², population 103 000, federal state: Lower Saxony
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Main sights:
- Cathedral, world heritage side, bronze castings from the period of bishop Bernward of Hildesheim (993 - 1022)
- St. Michael church, constructed as funeral place of bishop Bernward from the beginning of the 11th century, finished by bishop Godehard, pre romanesque ottonian construction plan
- St. Godehard basilica, built after the canonization of bishop Godehard in the 12th century, romanesque architecture, Basilica minor
- St. Andrew church, built as a romanesque basilica around 1140, reconstructed in gothic architecture from 1389 - 1504), the steeple was heightened in the 19th century to 114.5m, one of the highest church steeples worldwide
- St. Magdalena church, early gothic church, containing relics of St. Bernward
- Kaiserhaus (literally: Emperor house), built 1587 by Caspar Borcholt, first house made of stone in Hildesheim
- City theater
- Pelizaeus museum, world famous egyptian artifacts collection
- Historic market square