Editing Hildesheim (section)

== Main sights ==
[[File: Hildesheim night.jpg|thumb|Reconstructed market square at night]]

* The ''Marktplatz'' ([[Historic Market Place, Hildesheim|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, Hildesheim|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 [[Historic Market Place, Hildesheim|Town Hall]], erected in the 13th century in [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] style. Partly destroyed in 1945, it was rebuilt and inaugurated in 1954.
** The ''[[Historic Market Place, Hildesheim|Tempelhaus]]'', a [[late-Gothic]] 14th-century [[patricianship|patrician]] house, which today houses the tourist information office. It suffered some damage during the Second World War but was restored by 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 architecture|Baroque]] 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]] style.
** The ''Wollenwebergildehaus'' (Weavers' Guild Hall) was approximately built in 1600.
* The [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] [[Hildesheim Cathedral|St. Mary's Cathedral]] (Hildesheim Cathedral), with its ancient bronze doors ([[Bernward Doors]]) (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]] [[World Heritage Site]] since 1985. The "[[Thousand-year Rose]]" is a reputedly 1,000‑year‑old [[dog rose]] bush, allegedly the world's oldest living [[rose]]. It continues to flourish on the wall of the cathedral apse.
** Museum of the Cathedral: [[Cathedral Treasure]].
* [[St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim|St. Michael's Church]] (UNESCO World Heritage Site) – an early [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] church in Germany and an example of [[Ottonian]] architecture. It was built from 1010 to 1022.
* The ''[[St. Andreas, Hildesheim|St. Andreas]]'' (St. Andrew's Church), a 12th-century Gothic church with the [[List of tallest churches|highest church steeple]] (114.5&nbsp;m) in [[Lower Saxony]]. Opposite the church stands the [[Upended Sugarloaf]], a half-timbered house dating from 1509.
* The ''[[Roemer-und-Pelizaeus-Museum]]'', with collections from ancient [[History of Egypt|Egypt]] and [[History of Peru|Peru]] 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 [[Minor basilica|Basilica Minor]] of [[St. Godehard, Hildesheim|St. Godehard]] (St. Gotthard's Church), built 1133–1172, which is scheduled to become a [[UNESCO]] World Heritage Site in the near future{{Clarify|date=December 2024}}. Other notable buildings stand opposite the church: [[St. Nicolai's Chapel, Hildesheim|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, Hildesheim|Hospital of the Five Wounds]] which is a large half-timbered house dating from 1770 with a [[hip roof|half-hip roof]].
* The church [[St. Lamberti, Hildesheim|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]] fortifications.
* ''Half-timbered houses'' which were not destroyed during [[World War II]] can be seen around [[St. Godehard, Hildesheim|St. Godehard]] and the ''Kehrwieder Tower'', in the streets Keßlerstraße, Knollenstraße, [[Gelber Stern (Hildesheim)|Gelber Stern]], Am Kehrwieder, [[Lappenberg (Hildesheim)|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, Hildesheim|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 [[Camino de Santiago|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]]) was erected in 1988 in the old Jewish quarter on ''[[Lappenberg (Hildesheim)|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 (Hildesheim)|Moritzberg]] with a cloister. The interior of the church is Baroque and the tower was added in 1765. 
* ''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 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.<ref>Segers-Glocke, Christiane: ''Baudenkmale in Niedersachsen, Band 14.1. - Hildesheim'', p.109. Hameln 2007.</ref>
* Close to the ''Kaiserhaus'' (Emperor's house) the ''Alte Kemenate'', a noteworthy medieval store house reaching a height of 5.5&nbsp;meters, can be seen behind the school in the street Alter Markt. It has a rectangular basis measuring 6.5&nbsp;meters × 5.0&nbsp;meters and a cellar with a vaulted construction.<ref>Segers-Glocke, Christiane: ''Baudenkmale in Niedersachsen, Band 14.1. - Hildesheim'', p.108. Hameln 2007.</ref> The store house, one of the oldest profane buildings in Hildesheim, was built of [[sandstone]] 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.<ref>''Stadtgeschichte auf dem Hinterhof''. - Hildesheimer Allgemeine Zeitung, 23 June 2009, p.9.</ref> 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]] 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, Hildesheim|St. Bernward's Church]], a [[Romanesque Revival architecture|neo-Romanesque]] church built 1905–1907, destroyed in 1945 and rebuilt from 1948 to 1949, 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 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, Hildesheim|Steuerwald Castle]] (''Burg Steuerwald'') in the north of the city, about {{convert|3|km|0|abbr=on}} from the Market Place, was built 1310–13. Its tower (25&nbsp;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, Hildesheim|Marienburg Castle]] (''Burg Marienburg'') is in the southeast of Hildesheim, about {{convert|6|km|0|abbr=on}} from the Market Place. 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 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]] (''Kloster Marienrode'') is in the southwest of Hildesheim, about {{convert|6|km|0|abbr=on}} 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.

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File:St Michaels Church Hildesheim.jpg|[[St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim|St. Michael's Church]], UNESCO World Heritage
File:Casa Gremial.jpg|Bakers' Guild Hall and Butchers' Guild Hall in the Market Place
File:PrefeituraHi 002.jpg|Historic Market Place with City Hall and market fountain
File:MichaeliskircheMagdalenengarten.jpg|Saint Michael's Church and the tower of St. Andreas seen from St. Magdalena's Garden
File:PrefeituraHi 049.jpg|''Tempelhaus'' in the historic Market Place
File:Hildesheim Wernersches Haus 403-vtmd.jpg|The ''Wernersches House'' (1606) is a half-timbered house with wood carvings in its façade.
File:LappenBerg.jpg|Half-timbered houses in ''[[Lappenberg (Hildesheim)|Lappenberg]]'' Street
File:AmKehrwieder.jpg|Tower ''Kehrwiederturm'' (14th century)
File:Hildesheim-Marienrode Klosterkirche Teich.jpg|[[Marienrode Priory]]
File:ErkerAlterMarkt.jpg|Renaissance bay window in ''Alter Markt'' Street
File:20.4.09.Innerste.jpg|River [[Innerste]] and Saint Magdalena's Church
File:Magdalenengarten5.jpg|Baroque park ''Magdalenengarten''
File:MagdalenengartenWeinberg.jpg|Vineyard in ''Magdalenengarten''
File:HiKemenate.jpg|''Alte Kemenate'', a medieval store house (15th century)
File:Dom 096.jpg|St. Magdalena's Church
File:HiMuehlenstrasse.jpg|Half-timbered house (1981) built on the medieval city wall in ''Mühlenstraße''
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