Since 1985: UNESCO World Heritage Sites – St Michael’s Church and Hildesheim Cathedral: UNESCO World Heritage Sites and Romanesque masterpieces
What’s included:
St Michael’s Church
- The church itself, an impressive example of Ottonian architecture
- The famous painted wooden ceiling depicting the genealogy of Christ
- The crypt, which has been preserved in its original form, though it was partially destroyed during the war and subsequently rebuilt
- The adjoining cloister of the former Benedictine monastery
St Mary’s Cathedral
- The cathedral itself, an imposing place of worship
- The famous 1,000-year-old rose bush
- The cloister belonging to the cathedral, with the Gothic St Anne’s Chapel
- The cathedral treasury in the Cathedral Museum
What to see:
St Michael’s Church
- The unique, almost entirely preserved 13th-century ceiling painting
- The Romanesque architecture with its double choir and massive towers
- The Bernward Column and the Bernward Door (both located in the nearby cathedral)
- The west transept and the crypt
St Mary’s Cathedral
- The famous Bernward Door and the Bernward Column, both masterpieces of bronze casting
- The Hezilo chandelier, a monumental wheel-shaped chandelier from the 11th century
- The Romanesque architecture, including the westwork and the cloister
- The 1,000-year-old rosebush on the outer wall of the apse * The exhibits in the Cathedral Museum, including the precious cathedral treasure
Address: Michaelisplatz 2, 31134 Hildesheim (St Michael’s Church), Domhof 4, 31134 Hildesheim (St Mary’s Cathedral)
Distance/journey time: approx. 150 km/approx. 120 mins
Parking: Public car parks are available in the immediate vicinity of the church, in the city centre and in multi-storey car parks, e.g. at Hindenburgplatz or on Wollenweberstraße, in the Andreaspassage.
Information on admission and opening hours can be found HERE
