Hildesheim is a large city and regional center in Lower Saxony around 30 km south-east of Hanover.
It has around 100,000 inhabitants.
The seat of the Catholic Diocese of Hildesheim was an independent city until 1974.
In 1974, with the local government reform in Lower Saxony, Hildesheim became a large, independent town and city and since then, together with the area of the former district of Hildesheim-Marienburg, since 1977 expanded to include the former district of Alfeld (Leine), it has formed the district of Hildesheim, of which it is the district seat.
From 1885 to 1978 there was a government district of Hildesheim.
The regional representative for the Leine-Weser area, which covers the entire administrative district of Hanover that was dissolved in 2004, has been based in the city since 2014.
Hildesheim is the location of three universities:
the University of Hildesheim Foundation, the University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HAWK) and the North German University of Justice.
The Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and St. Michaelis are among the most important early Romanesque buildings and have been UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1985.
(Source: Wikipedia)