Church St. Mary Magdalene, Hildesheim, Germany

Church St. Mary Magdalene (Magdalenenkirche) is one of the churches in Hildesheim. Founded in 1224, the current building was consecrated in 1294, the first Gothic building in Hildesheim. Extensive rebuilding took place in the 15th century and further additions were made in the 19th century. In the fifteenth century (ca. 1416) an altarpiece was created by an unknown artist, referred to as the Meister des Göttinger Barfüßeraltars depicting scenes from the life of Mary Magdalene. This has since been broken up and various panels are found in different museums. One of these, the Noli me tangere is in the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart.

The church was badly damaged in World War II on 22 March 1945 and partly restored in a simplified manner. The restoration was completed in 1961. Magdalenengarten, a baroque park laid out 1720–25, is close by.

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Andre Schau ins land (3 years ago)
I mean the beautiful past of this old building and also the old people's old people's home

Laura (3 years ago)
My second home. It is a pity that it is probably closed this Christmas and you cannot come to it empty and just feel ...

Detlef Rettig (4 years ago)
Very nice, but unfortunately closed when we came.

Rainer Schmidt (4 years ago)
Small beautiful garden. The church district is very worth seeing.

马可波罗喜欢天主教 (4 years ago)
During my last visit in Hildesheim, it was surprisingly more satisfying visiting this church, than the St. Mary‘s Cathedral, why is that? Well, I think the huge Cathedral had compared to the size less content. This small Church is having quite some eye catchers though. Also, it has a famous painting of St. Mary Faustina Kowalska‘s Jesus most Sacred Heart, was not surprised after I got to know that Polish people run it, so even though the mass is NOT in traditional beautiful Latin, Polish people mostly know how to care about tradition, and they tend to have better Novus Ordo Masses than other parishes, there are most likely exceptions though. I have not tried their Mass though.

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