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'''Hildesheim''' is a city in [[Lower Saxony]], north-central [[Germany]] and has a population of 101,667 (2016). It lies southeast of [[Hannover]] on the Innerste River in the foothills of the Harz Mountains. Originally it was a fort on the trade route between [[Cologne]] and [[Magdeburg]]. Louis I the Pious, son of [[Charlemagne]], founded a bishopric there in 815, an event linked with the ''thousand-year-old rosebus'' that blooms above the east [[choir]] of the [[cathedral]]. Such great prelates as Bernward (bishop 993–1022) and Gotthard (bishop 1022–38) fostered Hildesheim’s development as a cultural centre in the 11th century. It became a member of the [[Hanseatic League]] and was chartered in 1300. Its bishops were [[prince]]s of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] until 1803, although they lost territory when the town accepted the [[Reformation]] in 1542. Hildesheim passed to [[Prussia]] in 1803 and then to Hannover in 1815.
== See also ==
*[[St Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church]]
== External Links ==
*[http://www.hildesheim.de/index.php Official website of the city of Hildesheim]
== References ==
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[[Category:German Cities and Towns]]
== See also ==
*[[St Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church]]
== External Links ==
*[http://www.hildesheim.de/index.php Official website of the city of Hildesheim]
== References ==
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[[Category:German Cities and Towns]]