Hildesheim
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Summary
Hildesheim is a large independent city of Lower Saxony[1]. Hildesheim draws 7,378 Wikipedia views per month (large independent city of lower saxony category, ranking #2 of 6).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Mayors for Peace[3], Niedersächsischer Städtetag[4]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Hildesheim[5]
- Country: Germany[6]
- Head of government: Ingo Meyer[7], Arnold Albrecht[8]
- Instance of: big city[9], Hanseatic city[10], urban municipality in Germany[11], district capital[12], Einheitsgemeinde of Lower Saxony[13]
- Shares border with: Harsum[14], Schellerten[15], Bad Salzdetfurth[16], Diekholzen[17], Despetal[18], Betheln[19], Nordstemmen[20], Giesen[21]
- Twinned administrative body: Angoulême[22], Weston-super-Mare[23], Padang[24], Halle (Saale)[25], Gelendzhik[26], North Somerset[27], Pavia[28], Minya[29]
- Inventory number: 187[30]
- Postal code: 31101–31141[31]
- Commons category: Hildesheim[32]
- Licence plate code: HI[33]
- Local dialing code: 05121[34]
- Archives at: Stadtarchiv Hildesheim[35]
- Coordinate location: 52.15, 9.95[36]
- Official website: https://www.stadt-hildesheim.de/[37], https://www.hildesheim.de/[38]
- IPA transcription: hɪldəshaɪ̯m[39]
- Topic's main category: Category:Hildesheim[40]
- Commons gallery: Hildesheim[41]
- Population: 99,979[42], 105,439[43], 102,794[44], 101,687[45], 101,701[46], 101,744[47], 101,990[48], 100,319[49], 101,858[50], 102,325[51], 98,510[52], 98,207[53]
- Described by source: Regesta Imperii[54], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[55], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[56], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[57], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[58], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[59], Topographia Saxoniae Inferioris[60], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[61], Meyer’s Universum, Zehnter Band[62]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Hildesheim include Hildesheim[63], a district of Lower Saxony[64], in Germany[65], founded in 1885[66], headquartered in Kreisverwaltung Landkreis Hildesheim[67]; Hildesheim airfield[68], an air base[69], in Germany[70]; and Hildesheim Government Region[71], a government region of Lower Saxony[72], in German Empire[73], founded in 1885[74].
Why It Matters
Hildesheim has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[75] Hildesheim is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[76]
Entities named for Hildesheim include Hildesheim[63], a district of Lower Saxony[64], in Germany[65], founded in 1885[66], headquartered in Kreisverwaltung Landkreis Hildesheim[67]; Hildesheim airfield[68], an air base[69], in Germany[70]; and Hildesheim Government Region[71], a government region of Lower Saxony[72], in German Empire[73], founded in 1885[74].