Groß Giesen
District of Giesen
Lower Saxony - Germany

University of Hildesheim

The University of Hildesheim was founded in 1978. Its main faculties are educational and social sciences, cultural sciences and aesthetic communications, and information and communication sciences. With around 5000 students currently enrolled, this university is relatively small. Unlike very few other German universities, the U. o. H. has become a foundation under public law on January 1, 2003.

Located at 52.1333, 9.975 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Universities in Germany, Universities and colleges in Lower Saxony, Hildesheim, Educational institutions established in 1978

M'era Luna Festival

The M'era Luna is a festival of goth, metal and industrial music. It is held annually on the second weekend of every August, in Hildesheim, Germany at Flugplatz Hildesheim-Drispenstedt, a former British Army airbase. The M'era Luna includes camping facilities and has two stages: a large rock festival style structure, erected for the show each year, and a former aircraft hangar. There have been some complaints about the acoustics in the hangar venue.

Located at 52.1797, 9.94889 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Music festivals in Germany, Goth festivals, Goth subculture

Hannoversches Strassenbahn Museum

The Hannoversches Strassenbahn-Museum or Hanover Tramway Museum comprises a collection of tramcars from all over Germany, and is located on the site of a former potash mine in Sehnde, southeast of the city of Hanover.

Located at 52.2908, 9.93222 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Railway museums in Germany, Transport in Lower Saxony, Hanover, Museums in Lower Saxony

St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim

The Church of St. Michael is an early-Romanesque church in Hildesheim, Germany. It has been on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list since 1985.

Located at 52.1529, 9.9435 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Religious buildings completed in 1957, 20th-century church buildings, Romanesque architecture in Germany, Churches in Lower Saxony, World Heritage Sites in Germany, 1020 establishments, Buildings and structures in Hildesheim, 1010s architecture

St. Mary's Cathedral, Hildesheim

St. Mary's Cathedral is a medieval Catholic cathedral in Hildesheim, Germany, that has been on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list since 1985. The cathedral church was built between 1010 and 1020 in Romanesque style. It follows a symmetrical plan with two apses, that is characteristic of Ottonian Romanesque architecture in Old Saxony.

Located at 52.1489, 9.94722 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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1020s architecture, Ottonian architecture, Roman Catholic churches completed in 1960, Churches in Lower Saxony, Cathedrals in Germany, Buildings and structures in Hildesheim, Roman Catholic cathedrals in Germany, Romanesque architecture in Germany, World Heritage Sites in Germany

Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim

The Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim is a museum in Hildesheim, Germany. Mostly dedicated to Ancient Egyptian and Ancient Peruvian art, the museum also includes the second largest collection of Chinese porcelain in Europe. Furthermore, the museum owns collections of natural history, ethnology, applied arts, drawings and prints, local history and arts, as well as archeology.

Located at 52.1497, 9.94417 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Archaeological museums in Germany, Museums in Lower Saxony, Egyptological collections in Germany, Art museums and galleries in Germany, Buildings and structures in Hildesheim

GEO 600

GEO 600 is a gravitational wave detector located near Sarstedt, Germany. This instrument, and its sister interferometric detectors, when operational, are some of the most sensitive gravitational wave detectors ever designed. They are designed to detect relative changes in distance of the order of one part in 10, about the size of a single atom compared to the distance from the Sun to the Earth. GEO 600 is capable of detecting gravitational waves in the frequency range 50 Hz to 1.5 kHz.

Located at 52.2469, 9.80833 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Gravitational wave telescopes

St. Andrew's Church, Hildesheim

The St Andreas Church is the principal Lutheran church of Hildesheim, Germany, not to be confounded with the Catholic Hildesheim Cathedral. Its tower is 114.5 metres tall, making it the tallest church tower in Lower Saxony; it is accessible (364 steps) and offers a panoramic view of both the city and surrounding countryside.

Located at 52.1517, 9.95 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Buildings and structures completed in 1504, Religious buildings completed in 1883, Churches in Lower Saxony, Buildings and structures in Hildesheim, Lutheran church buildings converted from Roman Catholicism, Gothic architecture in Germany, Lutheran churches in Germany, Ottonian architecture

Marienrode Priory

Marienrode Priory is a Benedictine nunnery in Marienrode, a district of Hildesheim in Germany. An Augustinian monastery was founded here in 1125 by the Bishop of Hildesheim, Berthold I von Alvensleben, in a place then known as Baccenrode. It lasted until 1259. The site was re-settled later, at first by Augustinians and afterwards as a Cistercian monastery. The Cistercians gave the community its current name of Marienrode which has officially been used since 1439.

Located at 52.1139, 9.91444 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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1125 establishments, Religious organizations established in the 1120s, Religious organizations established in 1988, Buildings and structures in Hildesheim, Monasteries in Lower Saxony, Christian monasteries established in the 12th century, Benedictine monasteries of nuns in Germany

Emmerke

Emmerke is a part of the municipality of Giesen in the district of Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, in north-western Germany.

Located at 52.1833, 9.86667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Towns in Lower Saxony

Innerste

The Innerste is a river in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Leine river and 95 km in length.

Located at 52.2472, 9.825 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Leine drainage basin, Rivers of Lower Saxony, Rivers of the Harz

Giften

Giften, a part of the town of Sarstedt in Germany, is the site of a post World War II British sector displaced person camp. Until March 1, 1974 Giften was an independent municipality.

Located at 52.2139, 9.83333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Towns in Lower Saxony

Upended Sugarloaf

The Upended Sugarloaf is a half-timbered house in the city of Hildesheim in the federal state of Lower Saxony in Germany.

Located at 52.1522, 9.95 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Hildesheim, Houses completed in 2010

Historic Market Place, Hildesheim

The Historic Market Place is a historical structure in the city of Hildesheim in Lower Saxony, Germany

Located at 52.1528, 9.9517 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Hildesheim, Squares in Germany

Butchers' Guild Hall, Hildesheim

The Butchers' Guild Hall is a half-timbered house in Hildesheim in the federal state of Lower Saxony, Germany. Today the Butchers' Guild Hall houses a restaurant and the City Museum. Every year, a traditional Christmas Market is held in front of the Butchers' Guild Hall. It starts in the last week of November and runs through to Christmas Eve. Traditional products and handicrafts, Christmas merchandise and local delicacies are offered.

Located at 52.1528, 9.95139 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Hildesheim, Buildings and structures completed in 1989, Guildhalls

Steuerwald Castle, Hildesheim

Steuerwald Castle (Burg Steuerwald) is a Romanesque castle in Hildesheim, a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. The castle is currently used by a private riding club and is not open to the public. There are plans to convert the castle into a cultural centre and to use it for exhibitions and concerts afterwards. The roofs of the Romanesque palace and of several other buildings were renovated in 2010.

Located at 52.1692, 9.9275 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Castles in Lower Saxony, Buildings and structures in Hildesheim, Romanesque architecture in Germany, 1310 architecture

Hildesheim loop

|} The Hildesheim loop, also known as the Sorsum curve or the Hildesheim curve, is a 3.7 km long German passenger railways. It is single-track and electrified throughout. The line was opened in 1991.

Located at 52.1564, 9.86806 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Railway lines in Lower Saxony, High-speed railway lines in Germany

Hildesheim Central Station

Hildesheim Central Station (Hildesheim Hauptbahnhof) is a railway station in the German city Hildesheim. It is used by trains of Deutsche Bahn and Euro Rail. Trains stopping in Hildesheim are Hanover S-Bahn services, regional services and the hourly Intercity-Express trains running between Frankfurt am Main and Berlin (lines 11 and 12).

Located at 52.1606, 9.95389 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Railway stations in Lower Saxony, Hauptbahnhof in Germany, Hannover S-Bahn railway stations

Calenberg

The Calenberg is a hill in central Germany in the Leine depression near Pattensen in the municipality of Schulenburg. It lies 13 km west of the city of Hildesheim in south Lower Saxony on the edge of the Central Uplands. It is made from a chalk marl slab (Kalkmergelbank), has a height of 70 m above NN and was formed almost 100 million years ago at the beginning of the Upper Cretaceous series in Cenomanian stage.

Located at 52.1984, 9.795 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Hildesheim Treasure

The Hildesheim Treasure, unearthed on October 17, 1868 in Hildesheim, Germany, is the largest collection of Roman silver found outside imperial frontiers. Most of it can be dated to the 1st century AD. The trove consists of about seventy exquisitely crafted solid silver vessels for eating and drinking and is now kept in the Antikensammlung Berlin.

Located at 52.1422, 9.97222 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Treasure troves of Germany, Treasure troves of classical antiquity, Archaeological discoveries in Germany, 1868 archaeological discoveries, 1st-century artifacts

St. Bernward's Church, Hildesheim

St. Bernward's Church is a catholic church in the city of Hildesheim in Lower Saxony, Germany. The name refers to the bishop Bernward of Hildesheim (960-1022) who was canonized by Pope Celestine III.

Located at 52.1569, 9.94917 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Hildesheim, Churches in Lower Saxony, Religious buildings completed in 1907

St. Nicolai's Chapel, Hildesheim

St. Nicolai's Chapel is a former Catholic parish church in the city of Hildesheim in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is in the southern part of the old city center, opposite St. Godehard's Church.

Located at 52.1458, 9.94944 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Hildesheim, Churches in Lower Saxony, Buildings and structures completed in 1146, Romanesque architecture in Germany

Moritzberg (Hildesheim)

Moritzberg is a quarter in the city of Hildesheim in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is on a hill in the west of the city, about a mile from the Cathedral. It was an independent market town until 1911.

Located at 52.1506, 9.91722 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Hildesheim

Giesen Hills

The Giesen Hills are a ridge, up to 162.6 metres high, in the district of Hildesheim in the German state of Lower Saxony.

Located at 52.1833, 9.89167 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Mountain ranges of Germany, Forests and woodlands of Lower Saxony, Geography of Lower Saxony

1st Panzergrenadier Brigade (Bundeswehr)

The 1st Mechanized Infantry Brigade in Hildesheim was a formation in the Bundeswehr, which was subordinated to the 1st Armoured Division in Hanover. The Brigade was disbanded on 31 December 2007. During its lifetime the Brigade was stationed between the Lüneburg Heath, Harz Mountains, the Solling hills and the River Weser.

Located at 52.1541, 9.97101 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Brigades of the Bundeswehr, Infantry brigades of Germany, Hildesheim, Military units and formations established in 1958, Military units and formations disestablished in 2007