14 Sights in Hildesheim, Germany (with Map and Images)
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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Hildesheim, Germany! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Hildesheim. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.
Sightseeing Tours in Hildesheim1. Historischer Marktplatz
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.
2. 1000 jähriger Rosenstock
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.
3. St. Lamberti
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.
Wikipedia: St. Lamberti, Hildesheim (EN), Website, Heritage Website
4. St. Andreas
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.
Wikipedia: St. Andreas, Hildesheim (EN), Website, Heritage Website
5. Bugenhagenbrunnen
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.
6. Basilika St. Godehard
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.
Wikipedia: St. Godehard, Hildesheim (EN), Website, Heritage Website
7. St. Kunibert
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.
8. Klosterkirche St. Michael Marienrode
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.
9. Mariä Lichtmess
Mariä Lichtmess ist eine katholische Pfarrkirche in der niedersächsischen Bischofsstadt Hildesheim, die nach dem Fest „Darstellung des Herrn“ benannt wurde. Sie befindet sich im Stadtteil Drispenstedt und gehört zum Dekanat Hildesheim des Bistums Hildesheim.
10. Unbefleckte Empfängnis Mariä
Immaculate Conception of Mary, also called St. Mary, is the Roman Catholic church in the Hildesheim district of Bavenstedt. Today it belongs to the parish of St. Martin with its seat in Achtum in the deanery of Borsum-Sarstedt of the Diocese of Hildesheim.
11. St. Magdalenen
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.
Wikipedia: Magdalenenkirche, Hildesheim (EN), Website, Heritage Website
12. Unbefleckte Empfängnis Mariä
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.
13. Christuskirche
The Christuskirche is the Protestant church of Moritzberg, a district of Hildesheim in Lower Saxony. As part of the Hildesheim-Göttingen district, it belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover.
Wikipedia: Christuskirche (Hildesheim) (DE), Heritage Website
14. St. Michael's Church
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.
Wikipedia: St. Michael (Hildesheim) (DE), Website, Heritage Website
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