architecture
Saint Mary's Cathedral
Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany
Hildesheimer Dom [German]
Hoher Dom zu Hildesheim [German]
Mariendom zu Hildesheim [German]
Hohe Domkirche St. Mariä Himmelfahrt [German]
Architecture
full/alternative names
Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary
built
872
11th century
destroyed/demolished
1046
style/period
work type
form/concept
architect / constr. phase
1054
reconstruction after desctruction by the fire of 1046 commissioned by bishop Hezilo
1950-1960
reconstruction in simplified form after World War II destruction
Specifications
height
20.0 m
width
44.0 m
length
77.0 m
naves
central nave
width
12.0 m
height
14.0 m
number towers
2
towers
41.0 m
tower of the westwork (westriegel) (tower)
20.0 m
transept tower (Vierungsturm) (spire)
bells number
12
Geography
local language location name
Hildesheim, Deutschland [German]
historical affiliations
872-1806
872-1235
1235-1803
1803-1807
1807-1813
1814-1866
1866-1871
UNESCO World Heritage Site
type
cultural
criteria
I,
II,
III
designation
reference
187bis
