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Hildesheim is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany with 101,693 inhabitants. It is in the district of Hildesheim, about 30 km (19 mi) southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, a small tributary of the Leine River. The Holy Roman Emperor Louis the Pious founded the Bishopric of Hildesheim in 815 and … See more
Early years
According to tradition, the city was named after its notorious founder Hildwin. The city is one of the oldest cities in Northern Germany, became the seat of the Bishopric of Hildesheim See more• 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 Romanesque St. Mary's Cathedral (Hildesheim Cathedral), with its ancient bronze doors ( See more• 1803–1843: Georg Otto Ferdinand Lohde
• 1843–1848: Carl Christoph Lüntzel
• 1848: Commissioned by Oberg, Starke, and Wynecken
• 1848–1852: Amtsassessor Domeier See more• M'era Luna Festival, Europe's most important event of the gothic and wave scene
• "Jazztime" festival on the weekend of Pentecost (in May or June) See moreIn 1542 most of the inhabitants became Lutherans. Today, 28.5% of the inhabitants identify themselves as Roman Catholics (Hildesheim Diocese) and 38.3% as … See more
• 1911: Moritzberg
• 1912: Steuerwald
• 1938: Drispenstedt and Neuhof
• 1971: Ochtersum
• 1974: Achtum-Uppen, Bavenstedt, Einum, Himmelsthür, Itzum, Marienburg, Marienrode and Sorsum See moreHildesheim is twinned with:
• Angoulême, France (1965)
• Minya, Egypt (1975)
• Weston-super-Mare, England, United Kingdom (1983) See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license - People also ask
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