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Aerial view of St. Michael's Church on the Michaelishügel. St. Michael's Church is situated at the Western rim of the city centre of Hildesheim, on the so-called Michaelishügel ("St. Michael's Hill"). The main entrance to the Church is on the south side. Magdalenengarten, a baroque park, is very close to the church in the west. The cloister ...
English: Aerial image of St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim (view from the south) Deutsch: Luftbild der Michaeliskirche, Hildesheim (Ansicht von Süden) This is a picture of the Baudenkmal ( cultural heritage monument ) according to the Cultural Heritage Protection Law of Lower Saxony with the ID 37515967 ( Wikidata (P7900) ) .
Magdalenengarten is in the western part of the historic city center of Hildesheim. On the west side a well-preserved part of the medieval moat and rampart can be seen. On the east side the garden joins the Michaelisplatz and St. Michael's Church, one of the most famous sights of Hildesheim which is a World Cultural Heritage. St.
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.
Bernward Gospels, dedication page. The Rich Bernward Gospels (German: Kostbares Bernwardevangeliar) [1] are a richly decorated evangeliary in the Hildesheim Cathedral Museum.It was a donation of Bernward, Bishop of Hildesheim, to his foundation St. Michael's, specifically for the altar to Mary in the crypt below the west choir, which was consecrated in 1015 and which he had designated as his tomb.
Wooden roofs were common, with an ancient painted ceiling retained at St Michael's, Hildesheim. Stone vaults were used at a later date than in France, occurring over the aisles at Speyer in about 1060. [32] Lombard bands at the Church of St Gallus, Brenz, Germany
St. Michael's Church was completed after Bernward's death, and he is buried in the western crypt. These projects of Bernward's are today UNESCO World Heritage Sites. St Michael's Church has exerted great influence on developments in architecture. The complex bears exceptional testimony to a civilization that has disappeared.
'Thousand-year-old Rosebush'), also known as the Rose of Hildesheim, grows on the apse of the Hildesheim Cathedral, a Catholic cathedral in Hildesheim, Germany, that is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary. The cathedral and the adjacent St. Michael's Church have been on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites since 1985. [1] [2] [3]