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Niedersachsen||Lower Saxony| Hildesheim is situated at an
altitude of 78 m at the river Innerste in the south of Germany's
state of Niedersachsen. With a population of about 102,600
(2005) Hildesheim is the largest town of the Hildesheim
district, of which it is also the seat of the district
administration. It is very likely that a settlement existed at
this place already very early. However, the written mention of
the place under the name 'Bennopolis', dated to AD 577,
apparently is a forgery. It is certain, however, that Hildesheim
in AD 815 became the seat of a bishopric. The cathedral was
fortified around 1000 and the settlement next to the cathedral
('Altstadt', 'old town') soon became an important trading place.
In the 12th and 13th centuries two further settlements,
'Dammstadt' ('dam town') and 'Neustadt' ('new town'), were
founded. While Altstadt conquered Dammstadt in 1332, the walls b