14 Sights in Hildesheim, Germany (with Map and Images)

Hildesheim is a city in Lower Saxony, in north-central 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.

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The Thousand-year Rose, also known as the Rose of Hildesheim, grows on the apse of the Hildesheim Cathedral, a Catholic cathedral in Hildesheim, Germany, that is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary. The cathedral and the adjacent St. Michael's Church have been on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites since 1985.

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St. Lamberti is a parish and church in Hildesheim, Germany, the parish of the town's Neustadt. It is named after Lambert of Maastricht, the patron saint of Hildesheim. The church is a late Gothic building, the only hall church of the town. Since the Reformation, it has been a Lutheran parish church. It is situated in the Goschenstraße, on the Neustädter Markt.

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The church of St. Andreas is the principal Lutheran church of Hildesheim, Germany, not to be confounded with the Catholic Hildesheim Cathedral. Its tower is 114.5 metres (376 ft) tall, making it the tallest church tower in Lower Saxony; it is accessible and offers a panoramic view of both the city and surrounding countryside.

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The Bugenhagen Fountain is a monument created by Ulrich Henn, which was inaugurated on Whit Sunday 1995 on Andreasplatz in Hildesheim. It is dedicated to Johannes Bugenhagen, who gave the first Protestant sermon in St. Andrew's Church on September 1, 1542. It was financed by the Friedrich Weinhagen Foundation in Hildesheim. The fountain is 7.5 meters high and has a diameter of 8 meters. It is cast in bronze. In the work of art, the artist did not so much depict Bugenhagen as a person, but his work – "updated", as Johannes Brockhoff writes.

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St. Godehard is a church in Hildesheim, Germany, formerly the church of a Benedictine abbey. It remained almost unaltered through the centuries and was not damaged much in World War II. It is one of the most important examples of Romanesque architecture in Germany.

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St. Kunibert is a Roman Catholic church in the Hildesheim district of Sorsum. Today it belongs to the parish of St. Martinus Hildesheim - Catholic Church in the "Güldenen Winkel" in the deanery of Hildesheim of the Diocese of Hildesheim.

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St. Michael is the Catholic church in the Hildesheim district of Marienrode. The former Cistercian church, named after the Archangel Michael, is today the monastery church of the Benedictine nuns of the Marienrode monastery and at the same time the branch church of the parish of St. Mauritius in the deanery of Hildesheim.

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Candlemas is a Catholic parish church in the episcopal city of Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany, which was named after the feast of the "Presentation of the Lord". It is located in the district of Drispenstedt and belongs to the deanery of Hildesheim in the diocese of Hildesheim.

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The Magdalenenkirche or St. Magdalenen is one of the churches in Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany. The Magdalenenkirche is a Catholic church that was once a monastery church, and is situated in the old town at 25 Mühlenstraße.

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Immaculate conception, also called St. Marien, is the Roman Catholic Church in the Hildesheim district of Bavenstedt. Today it belongs to the parish of St. Martin, based in Eight in the Deanery Borsum-Sarstedt of the diocese of Hildesheim.

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Stiftskirche St. Mauritius is a Catholic church on the Moritzberg in Hildesheim, Germany. The early Romanesque basilica built in 1058–1072 has been preserved without any major changes. The interior has been Baroque since the 18th century. The cloister is one of the city's most peaceful squares. Under the church is an impressive crypt, also used for church services.

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Immaculate Conception of Mary, also known as Mary Immaculata, is the Roman Catholic church in the Hildesheim district of Einum. Today it belongs to the parish of St. Martin in the deanery of Borsum-Sarstedt of the Diocese of Hildesheim.

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St. Michael's Church in Hildesheim is an Ottonian, i.e. pre-Romanesque or early Romanesque church after Kubach. Until the Reformation, it was the abbey church of the Benedictine abbey of the same name. Today it is an Evangelical Lutheran parish church. The Bernward Crypt belongs to the Catholic inner city parish and is used for weekday masses. Since 1985, the church, together with Hildesheim Cathedral, has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name Cathedral and St. Michael's Church in Hildesheim. On 2 January 2010, an anniversary stamp (2.20 EUR) with the motif of St. Michael's was issued. Since February 7, 2014, a German 2 euro commemorative coin has been in circulation, the reverse of which shows the church.

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