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
culture
German, Christian
style/period
Pre-Romanesque
work type by function
Roman Catholic cathedral
work type form/concept
Latin cross, Christian basilica
material
sandstone, marble, concrete
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
tower of the westwork (westriegel)
20.0 m
spire
transept tower (Vierungsturm)
bells number
12

Geography

Europe » Western Europe » Germany » Lower Saxony » Hildesheim district » Hildesheim » City Centre and New Town
local language location name
Hildesheim, Deutschland [German]
historical affiliations
872-1806
Holy Roman Empire
872-1235
Duchy of Saxony
1235-1803
Prince-Bishopric of Hildesheim
1803-1807
Prussia
1807-1813
Kingdom of Westphalia
1814-1866
Kingdom of Hanover
1866-1933
Prussia
1871-1918
German Empire

UNESCO World Heritage Site

St Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church at Hildesheim
type
cultural
criteria
I, II, III
designation
reference
187bis