architecture

Saint Michael's Church

Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany

Sankt Michaelis [German]
Michaeliskirche [German]

Architecture

full/alternative names
Church of St. Michael
built
996-1033
culture
German, Christian
style/period
Pre-Romanesque
work type by function
1033–1542
Roman Catholic church
monastic church
since 1542
Protestant church
simultaneum
work type form/concept
Christian basilica
technique
stonemasonry
patronage
Bernward of Hildesheim

Specifications

width
40.0 m
length
74.8 m
naves
central nave
width
8.6 m
height
16.7 m
length
27.3 m
transept
(two transepts with identical dimensions)
width
11.4 m
length
40.0 m
number towers
6
bells number
10

Geography

Europe » Western Europe » Germany » Lower Saxony » Hildesheim district » Hildesheim » City Centre and New Town
local language location name
Hildesheim, Deutschland [German]
historical affiliations
1033-1806
Holy Roman Empire
1033-1235
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