Hildesheim

Hildesheim Hilmessen / Hilmssen (Low German)
City
Clockwise from top: St. Mary's Cathedral (UNESCO World Heritage Site), half-timbered houses at the Brühl street, St. Andrews Church, St. Michael's Church (UNESCO World Heritage Site), Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum and the Historic Market Place
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Hildesheim within Hildesheim district
Hildesheim Show map of Germany Hildesheim Show map of Lower Saxony
Coordinates: 52°09′N 09°57′E / 52.150°N 9.950°E / 52.150; 9.950
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Hildesheim
Government
• Lord mayor (2021–26)	Ingo Meyer[1] (Ind.)
Area
• Total	92.18 km2 (35.59 sq mi)
Elevation	81 m (266 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	101,858
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	31134–31141
Dialling codes	05121
Vehicle registration	HI, ALF
Website	www.hildesheim.de

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

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Ottonian architecture in St. Michael's Church
Criteria	Cultural: i, ii, iii
Reference	187
Inscription	1987 (11th Session)
Area	0.58 ha
Buffer zone	157.68 ha

Hildesheim (German: [ˈhɪldəsˌhaɪm] ^ⓘ; Low German: Hilmessen or Hilmssen; Latin: Hildesia) is a city in Lower Saxony, in north-central Germany with 101,693 inhabitants.^[3] 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.

The Holy Roman Emperor Louis the Pious founded the Bishopric of Hildesheim in 815 and created the first settlement with a chapel on the so-called Domhügel.

Hildesheim is situated on the north–south Autobahn 7, and hence is connected with Hamburg in the north and Austria in the south.

With the Hildesheim Cathedral and the St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985.

In 2015 the city and the diocese celebrated their 1200th anniversary.