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The Church of St. Michael (German: Michaeliskirche) is an early-Romanesque church located in Hildesheim, Germany.It has been on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list since 1985 due to the before mentioned early-Romanesque architecture and art found within such as the Tree of Jesse and the now relocated Bernward Doors.
The westwork of Hildesheim Cathedral in 2005. Each leaf of the doors was cast as a single piece. Given the size (left: 472.0 x 125.0 cm, right: 472.0 x 114.5 cm, maximum thickness c. 3.5-4.5 cm) and enormous weight (both c. 1.85 tonnes) of the doors, this is a great achievement for its time.
Heinz Josef Adamski, Hermann Wehmeyer: Die Christussaule im Dom zu Hildesheim, Hildesheim 1979; Michael Brandt, Arne Eggebrecht (ed.): Bernward von Hildesheim und das Zeitalter der Ottonen, Katalog der Ausstellung 1993. vol. II, Bernward, Hildesheim 1993, ISBN 3-87065-736-7. Michael Brandt: Bernwards Säule - Schätze aus dem Dom zu Hildesheim.
One of the most famous examples of Bernward's work is a monumental set of cast bronze doors known as the Bernward doors, now installed at St. Mary's Cathedral, which are sculpted with scenes of the Fall of Man (Adam and Eve) and the Salvation of Man (Life of Christ), and which are related in some ways to the wooden doors of Santa Sabina in Rome.
The Ottonian Romanesque St Michael's Church was built between 1010 and 1020. Inside it is decorated with a notable wooden ceiling, painted stucco-work, and the Bernward Column. The treasures of the Romanesque Hildesheim Cathedral (pictured) contain the Bernward Doors, the Hezilo chandelier, and the Azelin chandelier. A minor boundary ...
One of the best preserved examples of Ottonian architecture is The Church of St. Michael located in Hildesheim, Germany. Famously commissioned by Bishop Bernward, construction started in 1010 and was finished by 1033 after Bernard's death.
Hildesheim Cathedral (German: Hildesheimer Dom), officially the Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary (German: Hohe Domkirche St. Mariä Himmelfahrt) or simply St. Mary's Cathedral (German: Mariendom), is a medieval Roman Catholic cathedral in the city centre of Hildesheim in Lower Saxony, Germany, that serves as the seat of the Diocese of Hildesheim.
The second area of the frequent use of the alternation was Germany, with the earliest example still standing of the church of Saint Cyriakus, Gernrode (c. 960-1014). St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim (1022), Hildesheim Cathedral (1061), and Gandersheim Abbey (1094) form an 11th-century group of churches in Saxony with alternate supports in the ...