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Historical Archive: Hildesheim Cathedral, Mariendom exterior
Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary

foundations Bishop Hezilo (1054-1079)
cloister foundations early 12th c.
side chapels along aisles 1388
North Paradise (narthex of transept north arm) with Steinberg chapel 1405 or 1412
destroyed by bombs on March 22, 1942, except for North Paradise
rebuilt by architect Wilhelm Fricke, reconsecrated March 27, 1960
renovated 2008-2014


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west façade
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west façade from southwest
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westwork from southwest
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west façade and south flank from southwest
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from south/southwest
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from south across square
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from south, closer
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westwork and south flank from south
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south flank and westwork from southeast
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south flank from southeast
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south flank and transept from southwest
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westwork, north flank, and transept from northwest
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westwork, north flank, and transept from north/northwest
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north flank from north
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transept (original construction) and north flank from north/northwest
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north transept (original construction) and flank from north
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north transept (original construction) from north/northeast, with chapel of All Saints on east side
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eastern apse and north transept arm from cloister
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eastern apse from northeast, in cloister with cemetary and "thousand-year-old rose" (wild dog rose)
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eastern apse from southeast, in cloister with cemetary and "thousand-year-old rose"
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south transept arm and eastern apse from cloister
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northeast corner of cloister, St. Anne’s Cemetery
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cloister north walk, St. Anne’s Cemetery
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cloister south walk, St. Anne’s Cemetery
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southeast corner of cloister, St. Anne’s Cemetery
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cloister south walk, upper level, view out
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cloister south walk, upper level, showing cloister itself