St Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church at Hildesheim World Heritage Site

Official name

St Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church at Hildesheim | UNESCO

Country

Germany | Map

Continent

Europe

Location

District of Hanover, State of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen)
52.1527° Lat, 9.9438° Lon | Map

Code

187

Time Zone

Europe/Berlin (CEST, +0200)

Current Time

Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 1985. St Michael's Church was built between 1010 and 1020 on a symmetrical plan with two apses that was characteristic of Ottonian Romanesque art in Old Saxony. Its interior, in particular the wooden ceiling and painted stucco-work, its famous bronze doors and the Bernward bronze column, are – together with the treasures of St Mary's Cathedral – of exceptional interest as examples of the Romanesque churches of the Holy Roman Empire.