Hildesheim - Young Metropolis with Old History

Hildesheim is a city with a variety of history, culture and vivid economy. As witnesses of a special art, the cathedral and the Michaelis' Church belong to UNESCOS' cultural heritages of mankind. The Museum of Romans and Pelizaens presents great collections of Egypt and Peru and also arranges spectacular special exhibitions. The City Museum offers informative presentations about Hildesheims' and regional history. Exclusive treasures from the cathedrals' history and valuable medieval works of art are shown in the cathedrals' Museum. The new designed pedestrian precinct and sopping streets with a various offers and many restaurants and cafés invite you to a stroll and a rest. The historical market place in the city centre is known as one of the most attractive market places of Germany. Its speciality is the "Knochenhaueramtshaus", the most beautiful half-timbered houses of the world.

Hildesheim rose route

The way through the streets to the sites of interest in Hildesheim city centre is marked by painted white roses. From the historic marketplace with the most beautiful half-timbered house in the world, it leads through shopping streets and alleyways of half-timbered houses to world-renowned churches. The cathedral and the Michaeliskirche have been designated world cultural heritage sites by UNESCO. A guide to the five kilometre rose route is available in a number of languages from the city's tourist information office.

Roman and Pelizaeus museum

The Roman and Pelizaeus museum is famous far beyond the borders of Hildesheim and Niedersachsen. The ancient Egyptian and ancient Peruvian collections are among the most important in Europe. The museum has a wide range of exhibitions.

With the completion of the permanent exhibition "Egypt – 5000 years of history and culture in the realm of the pharaohs“, the visitor is offered a rich overview of the treasures of the Egyptian collection in more than 1,700 square metres of exhibition space. Alongside this, the Roman and Pelizaeus museum also has one of the most beautiful and oldest collections of relics of pre-Columbian culture in ancient Peru. The natural history collection is also well worth seeing. It recreates the development of life, from the earliest traces 3.4 billion years ago up to the time of our early ancestors (Homo Erectus and Homo Sapiens).

• http://www.rpmuseum.de

UNESCO World Heritage Cathedral and Church of St. Michael

Since as early as 1985, these two churches have been on the UNESCO World Heritage list. They are towering examples of Romanesque architecture and symbolise the creative power of Bishop Bernward, after whom, in Germany, the “Bernwardinic period” is named. The Cathedral and the Church of St. Michael still retain a significant number of unusual features, such as the monumental bronze casts in the cathedral, Christ’s pillar and Bernward’s door, and the richly decorated wooden ceiling in the Church of St Michael.

• St. Michael's Church

Highlights

• Wine festival (May)
• Jazz Time (May)
• Rose festival (July)
• Marienroder cloister concert (July)
• Night of Romance (July)
• M’era Luna (August)
• Chanson and song festival (August)
• Freden International music days (August)
• Lamspringer September
• Christmas market (Nov / Dec)

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