St. Michael's Church, Hildesheim

St. Michael's
St. Michael's
Church of St. Michael's
Michaeliskirche or St. Michaelis
	St. Michaelis in 2009, view from southeast
	St. Michael's St. Michael's
	52°09′10″N 09°56′37″E / 52.15278°N 9.94361°E
Location	Hildesheim
Country	Germany
Denomination	simultaneum (Lutheran and Catholic)
Website	michaelis-hildesheim.wir-e.de/kirche
History
Status	parish church
Dedication	Michael the Archangel;
Consecrated	1022
Architecture
Functional status	active
Architectural type	basilica with 2 quires and 2 transepts
Style	Romanesque; Gothic (southern side windows)
Groundbreaking	late 10th century
Completed	late 12th century
Specifications
Length	overall: 74.75 metres (245.2 ft); nave between crossings: 27.34 metres (89.7 ft); transepts: 40.01 metres (131.3 ft)
Width	nave: 22.75 metres (74.6 ft); transepts: 11.38 metres (37.3 ft)
Nave width	8.6 metres (28 ft), centre nave
Nave height	16.7 metres (55 ft)
Number of spires	2 crossing towers and 4 side towers
Bells	10
Administration
Synod	Lutheran Church of Hanover, Diocese of Hildesheim
Deanery	Hildesheim-Sarstedt (Kirchenkreis), Hildesheim (Dekanat)
Parish	Kirchengemeinde St. Michaelis, Hildesheim (Lutheran), Pfarrgemeinde St. Godehard, Hildesheim (Catholic)
Clergy
Provost	Land Superintendent Eckhard Gorka, Hildesheim-Göttingen diocese
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	St Michael's Lutheran Church
Part of	St Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church at Hildesheim
Criteria	Cultural: (i), (ii), (iii)
Reference	187bis-001
Inscription	1985 (9th Session)
Extensions	2008
Area	0.58 ha (1.4 acres)
Buffer zone	157.68 ha (389.6 acres)

The Church of St. Michael (German: Michaeliskirche) is an early-Romanesque church in Hildesheim, Germany. It has been on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list (along with the nearby Hildesheim Cathedral) since 1985 because of its outstanding Romanesque architecture and art.^[1] It is now a shared church, the main church being Lutheran and the crypt being Roman Catholic.

^ "St Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church at Hildesheim". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 15 May 2022.

[unesco-1] "St Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church at Hildesheim". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 15 May 2022.

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