Hildesheim: Germany

Hildesheim: Germany
Hildesheim is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located in the district of Hildesheim, about 25 km southeast of Hannover on the banks of the Innerste river, which is a small affluent of the Leine river. Population: 106,100 (1999).
It is accessed by the Autobahn A7 linking Kassel, Göttingen and Hanover and routes 1, 6, 243 and 494
Places of Interest
Thousand-Year-Old Rosebush: 1,000 years old. That’s the age the world’s oldest living rose is thought to be. Today it continues to flourish on the wall of the Hildesheim Cathedral.
Cathedral (UNESCO World Heritage Site) – with ancient bronze doors (Bernwards door) (c. 1015)
St. Michael’s Church (UNESCO World Heritage Site) – one of the most beautiful early romanic churches in Germany and a unique example of ottonic architecture
Knochenhaueramtshaus (butchers guild house): most beautiful and finest specimen of a wooden building of the world
Historical market place: the most beautiful market place in the world
St. Andreas church: highest church steeple of Lower Saxony
The Roemer- and Pelizaeus-Museum: significant collections from the ancient Egypt and Peru and spectacular special exhibitions organized every year
Museum of the Cathedral: Cathedral Treasure, also an UNESCO-cultural heritage
Theatre: very versatile and offers opera, operetta and musicals, drama, ballet and concerts
Rose Route: all other places of interest in Hildesheim: e.g. the charming medieval-appearing half-timbered houses and the old Jewish quarter
Recommended Day Trips:
Castle Marienburg (10 miles/ 15 km): a neo-gothic-romantic medieval fairy tale castle (owned by Prince Ernst August of Hanover and Princess Caroline of Monaco)
Castle Hämelschenburg (40 miles/ 60 km): medieval castle of Teutonic Knights
Hamelin (30 miles/ 50 km): the beautiful town is famous for the folk tale of the Pied Piper of Hamelin