Hildesheim

Hildesheim occupies a lowland position on the Innerste River in Lower Saxony. Long an episcopal centre, it is distinguished by two UNESCO World Heritage Romanesque churches: St Michael’s Church and St Mary’s Cathedral. The cathedral safeguards the Bernward Doors, cast in 1015, whose biblical reliefs are a landmark of medieval metalwork. Around the Market Square, the ornate Knochenhaueramtshaus recalls the timber-framed architecture for which the old town is known; the building was reconstructed after its wartime destruction. The city also lies near the northern edge of the Harz uplands, linking Hanover’s plains with central Germany’s hill country. Move on to other webcams in Lower Saxony to compare landscapes and settings around Hildesheim.

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