Hildesheim

Hildesheim

*Hildesheim*
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City
	Coat of arms
	Location of Hildesheim within Hildesheim district
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	Coordinates: 52°09′N 09°57′E / 52.150°N 9.950°E
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Hildesheim
Government
• Mayor	Ingo Meyer
Area
• Total	92.96 km2 (35.89 sq mi)
Elevation	78 m (256 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	101,858
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	31101–31134
Dialling codes	05121
Vehicle registration	HI, ALF
Website	www.hildesheim.de

Hildesheim (help·info) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is in the district of Hildesheim and is about 30 km southeast of Hanover. The city is on the banks of the River Innerste, which is a smaller river that flows into the River Leine. It can be reached from Autobahn A7, which links Kassel, Göttingen and Hanover.

It has about 110,000 people living there.