Hildesheim
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Hildesheim
Mayor	Kurt Machens
Basic statistics
Area	92.96 km² (36 sq mi)
Elevation	78 m  (256 ft)
Population	103.249  (31/12/2006)
- Density	1 /km² (3 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	HI
Postal codes	31101–31141
Area code	05121
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Hildesheim (help· info) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located in the district of Hildesheim, about 25 km southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste river, which is a small tributary of the Leine river. It may be reached from Autobahn A7, which links Kassel, Göttingen and Hanover, and routes 1, 6, 243 and 494. Image File history File links De-Hildesheim-pronunciation. ... With an area of 47,618 km and nearly eight million inhabitants, Lower Saxony (German Niedersachsen) lies in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the countrys sixteen Bundesl nder (federal states). ... Hildesheim is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... , Hanover(i) (German: , IPA: ), on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany. ... The Innerste is a river in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... The Leine is a river in Thuringia and Lower Saxony, Germany. ... This article is about the German, Austrian and Swiss road system. ... Bundesautobahn 7 (translates from German as Federal Motorway 7, short form Autobahn 7, abbreviated as BAB 7 or A 7) is the longest German Autobahn at 935 km (581 mi) . It splits the country almost evenly from north to south. ... This article is about the city of Kassel in Hessen, Germany. ... Göttingen marketplace with old city hall, Gänseliesel fountain and pedestrian zone Göttingen ( ) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... , Hanover(i) (German: , IPA: ), on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany. ... The Bundesstraße 1 or B1 is a German federal highway running in a east-west direction from the Dutch border near Aachen to the Polish border at Küstrin-Kietz on the Oder River. ...

Basilica of St. Godehard.

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[edit] History

The town became the seat of the Bishopric of Hildesheim in 815. For four centuries the clergy ruled Hildesheim, before a town hall was built and the citizens gained some influence. In 1367 Hildesheim became a member of the Hanseatic League. The Bishopric of Hildesheim is a Roman Catholic diocese in Lower Saxony; it was founded in 815. ... Events An iconoclastic synod is held. ... Events Battle of Najera, Peter I of Castile restored as King. ... Carta marina of the Baltic Sea region (1539). ...

The city was heavily damaged by air raids in 1945, especially on March 22. The centre, which had retained its medieval character until then, simply ceased to exist. After the war, it was rebuilt in a completely different style and concrete structures took the place of the destroyed buildings. Fortunately, in the late 1970s reconstruction of the historic centre began. The unattractive concrete buildings were torn down and replaced by replicas of the original buildings. Strategic bombing during World War II was greater in scale than any wartime attack the world had previously witnessed. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ...

Also in the 1970s, the University of Hildesheim was founded. The University of Hildesheim (in German: Universität Hildesheim) was founded in 1978. ...

Marketplace with town hall and Rolandbrunnen.

Tempelhaus.

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[edit] Main sights

• The historic Marketplace (Markt) was once considered one of the most beautiful marketplaces in the world. It was reconstructed in 1984-1990 to its former splendour, after its destruction in the 1945 air raid. The more noteworthy buildings in the square are:
  • The Knochenhauer-Amtshaus ("Butchers' Guild Hall"), once known as a beautiful and fine specimen of half-timbered building. Destroyed in 1945, it was reconstructed from 1987 to 1989 according to original plans. The facade is sumptuously decorated with colorful paintings and German proverbs. Today the building houses a restaurant and the City Museum.
  • The Town Hall, erected in the 13th century in Gothic style. Partly destroyed in 1945, it was rebuilt between 1954 and 1989.
  • The Tempelhaus, a late-Gothic 15th-century patrician house, which today houses the tourist information office. It suffered some damage during the World war II but was restored in 1952.
  • The Wedekindhaus, a 16th-century patrician house, is characterized by its high, ornately carved storeys including their ledges with depictions of allegorical figures.
• The Romanesque St. Mary's Cathedral, with its ancient bronze doors (Bernward's door) (c. 1015). The church was built in the 9th century, but damaged in 1945; it was reconstructed soon after the war. It is in the list of the UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985. The Thousand-Year-Old Rosebush is a 1,000 years old rose, allegedly the world's oldest living rose. It continues to flourish on the wall of the Cathedral.
  • Museum of the Cathedral: Cathedral Treasure.
• St. Michael's Church (UNESCO World Heritage Site) - a noteworthy early Romanesque church in Germany and a unique example of Ottonian architecture. It was built from 1010 to 1022.
• The Andreaskirche (St. Andrew's church), a 12th-century church with the highest church steeple of Lower Saxony.
• The Roemer-und-Pelizaeus-Museum, with significant collections from the ancient Egypt and Peru and spectacular special exhibitions organized every year.

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[edit] Districts

• 001 Mitte (central)
• 002 Neustadt
• 003 Nord (north) with Steuerwald
• 004 Süd (south)
• 005 Ost (east)
• 006 Galgenberg and Marienburger Höhe
• 007 Drispenstedt ¹
• 008 West (west)
• 009 Moritzberg
• 010 Neuhof with Hildesheimer Wald ²
• 011 Ochtersum ¹
• 012 Marienrode ²
• 013 Sorsum ¹
• 014 Himmelsthür ¹
• 015 Bavenstedt ¹
• 016 Einum ¹
• 017 Achtum-Uppen ¹
• 018 Itzum ¹
• 019 Marienburg

¹ one district
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[edit] Incorporations

• 1911: Moritzberg
• 1912: Steuerwald
• 1938: Drispenstedt and Neuhof
• 1971: Ochtersum
• 1974: Achtum-Uppen, Bavenstedt, Einum, Himmelsthür, Itzum, Marienburg, Marienrode and Sorsum

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[edit] Population history

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[edit] List of mayors of Hildesheim

• 1803-1843: Georg Otto Ferdinand Lohde
• 1843-1848: Carl Christoph Lüntzel
• 1848: Commissioned by Oberg, Starke and Wynecken
• 1848-1852: Amtsassessor Domeier
• 1853-1875: Paul Johann Friedrich Boysen
• 1876-1895: Gustav Struckmann
• 1895-1896: Hans Ukert, not as mayor
• 1896-1909: Gustav Struckmann, reelected
• 1909-1937: Ernst Ehrlicher
• 1945-1946: Erich Bruschke
• 1946-1950: Albin Hunger
• 1950-1952: Friedrich Lekve
• 1952-1958: Albin Hunger, reelected
• 1958-1959: Paul Lienke
• 1959-1964: Martin Boyken
• 1964-1968: Friedrich Nämsch
• 1968-1972: Martin Boyken, reelected
• 1972-1975: Friedrich Nämsch, reelected
• 1975-1981: Heiko Klinge
• 1981-1991: Gerold Klemke
• 1991-2001: Kurt Machens
• 2001-2005: Dr. Ulrich Kumme
• 2005-present: Kurt Machens, reelected

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[edit] Twinnings

• Angoulême, France, since 1965
• Al Minya, Egypt, since 1975
• Weston-super-Mare, United Kingdom, since 1983
• Padang, Indonesia, co-op city since 1988
• Halle, Germany, friend partnership since 1990
• Gelendzhik, Russia, since 1992
• North Somerset, United Kingdom, since 1997
• Pavia, Italy, since 2000

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[edit] Events of international interest

• M'era Luna Festival, Europe's most important event of the gothic and wave scene
• Jazz festival every May or June

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[edit] Economy

Hildesheim is home to notable multinational corporations - besides many strong medium-sized companies - in Hildesheim are Blaupunkt, Bosch, Krupp, Thyssen, Fairshild, Phoenix and Coca-Cola. Blaupunkt (German for blue dot) is a German electronic equipment manufacturer, noted for their home and car audio equipment, that is part of Robert Bosch GmbH. Founded in 1923 in Berlin as Ideal, the company changed its name to Blaupunkt in 1938, named after the unique blue dot painted onto... Logo of Robert Bosch GmbH Robert Bosch GmbH [1] is a German corporation which was started in 1886 by Robert Bosch in Stuttgart, Germany. ... For the U.S. town, see Krupp, Washington. ... The Thyssen family has notable members who are descendants of Friedrich Thyssen and established steel works, industrial conglomerates, banks, and art collections. ... Phoenix AG is an international company headquartered in Hamburg in Germany which specialises in products made of rubber, including sound and vibration insulation, conveyor-belt systems, and specialist industrial hose systems. ... The wave shape (known as the dynamic ribbon device) present on all Coca-Cola cans throughout the world derives from the contour of the original Coca-Cola bottles. ...

[edit] Transportation

Hildesheim has an efficient traffic infrastructure: it is a regional hub for interstate roads and railroad (InterCityExpress), is connected to the motorway (Autobahn), has a harbor at the artificial waterway Mittellandkanal and an airport. ICE 3 trainset near Ingolstadt The InterCityExpress or ICE (German pronunciation: ) is a system of high-speed trains predominantly running in Germany and its neighbouring countries. ... Motorway symbol in UK, France and Ireland. ... This article is about the German, Austrian and Swiss road system. ... The Mittellandkanal is, at 320 km, the longest artificial waterway in Germany. ...

[edit] Notable people from Hildesheim

• Rudolf Schenker, founder and guitarist of Scorpions
• Saint Godehard, also known as St. Gotthard, bishop of Hildesheim
• St. Bernward, bishop of Hildesheim
• Didrik Pining, who traveled to The Americas in 1473 - 20 years before Christopher Columbus
• Frederick Hornemann, African explorer
• Henry Rathbone, U.S. Consul, historical personage imprisoned in Hildesheim.
• Sir Hans Adolf Krebs, Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1953
• Adolf Hurwitz, notable 19th century German mathematician
• Jakob Guttmann (1845-1919), chief rabbi, philosopher, pedagoge
• Julius Guttmann (1880-1950), German and Palestinian rabbi, Jewish philosoph historian
• Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone singer
• The twins Wolfgang and Christoph Lauenstein. The were winner of the Academy Awards in 1989 for their movie Balance
• André Schneider, actor
• Diane Kruger, supermodel and actress, who played in Troy
• The pedigrees of Hildesheimer
• Maik Taylor, Northern Ireland and Birmingham City footballer
• Michael Nagy, lived in Hildesheim from age 5 to age 6. He later became roomates with master swordsman, Andrew Preece.
• Oskar Schindler (1907-1974) died in Hildesheim

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Knochenhauer-Amtshaus, ca. 1895

Half Timbered house (Umgestülpter Zuckerhut), ca. 1900; destroyed in 1945

St. Michael's Church, UNESCO World Heritage

St. Andreas, 114 m high spire.

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