Hildesheim – Half-timbered city packed with culture and history

Hildesheim – Half-timbered city packed with culture and history

With UNESCO World Heritage and historical half-timbered houses, Hildesheim invites you to discover its diverse attractions. Only a few blocks from the historical market square, the view of the city from Lower Saxony’s highest church tower is well worth the climb. Not far from Hildesheim’s cathedral, the magnificent half-timbered district invites visitors to stroll through its old alleyways. A wide variety of events is on offer throughout the year, including open-air events in the summer months, and the festively decorated Christmas market awaits you in the winter.

• Historic market square with Butchers’ Guild House
• Curious half-timbered house “Umgestülpter Zuckerhut”
• Highest church tower in Lower Saxony: St. Andreas (ascent possible)
• Half-timbered quarter with historic buildings
• St. Godehard
• UNESCO World Heritage Cathedral and Cathedral Museum
• Ancient Egyptian Collection at the Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum
• Magdalengarten, baroque-style monastery garden
• UNESCO World Heritage: St. Michaelis

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Special Tips:

• From May to September every Friday at 4:30 p.m. Guided city tour “Welcome to Hildesheim’s Guter Stube”
• Free multimedia World Heritage exhibit at the tourist
  information centre at the market square
• Get acquainted with Hildesheim’s dining culture on our theme tour ‘How Hildesheim eats: a culinary journey through the city’.
• Individual explorers can discover the city along the
  Hildesheimer Rosenroute
• Hildesheim for your ears: discover our new audio tour
  for smartphones

Contact:

Tourist-Information Hildesheim
Rathausstr. 20
D-31134 Hildesheim
Tel.: +49 (0)5121 1798-0
E-Mail: tourist-info@hildesheim-marketing.de
Internet: www.hildesheim-tourismus.de