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Temple House, Hildesheim

Temple House, Hildesheim

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Temple House, Hildesheim

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Location: Lower Saxony, Germany

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1. Roland Fountain Hildesheim – Town Hall loop from Hildesheim Hauptbahnhof

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2. Town Hall – Rolandbrunnen Hildesheim loop from Weststadt

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3. Town Hall – Roland Fountain, Hildesheim loop from Hildesheim Hauptbahnhof

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Frank Skibbe

October 3, 2019

The temple house in Hildesheim is an early Gothic patrician house on the south side of the historic market square, which was built around 1350 by two members of a Hildesheim mayor family, Roleff and Eggert von Harlessem.
Source: https: //de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempelhaus_ (Hildesheim)

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Moonbeam🌜

March 21, 2022

It is unclear where the name “Temple House” comes from. The conclusion that Hildesheim's first synagogue was said to have stood at this location is popular, but hardly accurate. It was stated that the entrance to Judenstrasse is between the temple house and the Wedekindhaus. According to a more recent opinion, the name goes back to a 16th century painting on the gable front of the building, which was previously known as Harlessem House, which showed two tournament knights riding towards each other, which the population associated with the Knights Templar. The interpretation of the archaeological finding is also controversial: While some consider the remains of a mikveh under the temple house to be proven, others consider such a bath in the basement of the building to be “technically impossible”.

The temple house belongs to the Gerstenberg family, who are also publishers of the Hildesheimer Allgemeine Zeitung. On the ground floor is the tourist information and the passage to the city library. A webcam with a view over the market square is installed on the top floor.

The discovery that there had already been buildings in front of the temple house was considered nothing short of sensational. The foundation of a tower or bower (stone house) from the 12th century was also cut. It is located outside of today's temple house.
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Andrea

August 18, 2021

An impressive home of the once wealthy citizen of Harlessem. The bay window, called "Utlucht" (lookout), has embellished the building since 1591. The building is dated to the 14th century.

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