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23-530: Hafen or Häfen may refer to the following topics: Places [ edit ] Düsseldorf-Hafen , a district of Düsseldorf, Germany Hafen (Osnabrück) , a district of Osnabrück, Germany People [ edit ] Bruce C. Hafen (born 1940), American attorney John Hafen (1856–1910), American artist LeRoy Reuben Hafen (1893–1985), American historian Margret Hafen (born 1946), German alpine skier Other [ edit ] Hafen Slawkenbergius ,

46-610: A fictional character in Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy Eisenbahn und Häfen GmbH , a German rail company Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Hafen . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hafen&oldid=1259888415 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

69-613: A granary, it was redesigned substantially from 2008 onwards and has since won awards in its new function. Another business based around this area is the paper manufacturer Ahlstrom. Since 2007, passenger ships have once again been running along the branch canal. The Hafen district is home to a former barracks building used by the British armed forces based in Germany – the Roberts Barracks. The British armed forces took until

92-501: A marked decrease in 2009. The local Hafenbahn (harbour railway) is run by the Stadtwerke Osnabrück (Osnabrück Public Utilities), which also runs the harbour itself. Businesses based at the harbour include Hellmann Worldwide Logistics , founded in 1871 as a forwarding company and today active internationally. The company uses the former Speicher III (Warehouse No. III) as an office building; having been built in 1934 as

115-720: Is a city in Lower Saxony , in north-central Germany with 101,693 inhabitants. It is in the district of Hildesheim , about 30 km (19 mi) southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, a small tributary of the Leine River. The Holy Roman Emperor Louis the Pious founded the Bishopric of Hildesheim in 815 and created the first settlement with a chapel on the so-called Domhügel . Hildesheim

138-1000: Is a regional hub for national roads and railway ( Hildesheim Hauptbahnhof is served by InterCityExpress services), is connected to the motorway ( Autobahn ), has a harbour on the Mittellandkanal (canal) and Hildesheim Betriebsgesellschaft Airfield. There are many secondary schools ( Gymnasiums , comprehensive schools and subject-specific secondary schools): Gymnasium Andreanum, Gymnasium Marienschule, Gymnasium Josephinum Hildesheim, Scharnhorstgymnasium Hildesheim, Goethegymnasium Hildesheim, Michelsenschule, Gymnasium Himmelsthür. Further: Freie Waldorfschule Hildesheim, Robert-Bosch-Gesamtschule. Friedrich-List-Schule (Fachgymnasium Wirtschaft), Herman-Nohl-Schule (Fachgymnasium Gesundheit und Soziales), Walter-Gropius-Schule (Berufsbildende Schule), Werner-von-Siemens-Schule (Fachgymnasium Technik), Elisabeth-von-Rantzau-Schule (Fachakademie für Sozialmanagement). Tertiary Education can be achieved at

161-546: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Hafen (Osnabr%C3%BCck) The most important aspect of the area's economy is the city harbour from which the district takes its name; primarily home to industrial estates. The harbour is connected to the Mittelland Canal by the Osnabrück branch canal (termed the “Stichkanal” or “Zweigkanal”). The construction of

184-651: Is one of the oldest cities in Northern Germany , became the seat of the Bishopric of Hildesheim in 815 and may have been founded when the bishop moved from Elze to the ford across the River Innerste , which was an important market on the Hellweg trade route. The settlement around the cathedral very quickly developed into a town and was granted market rights by King Otto III in 983. Originally

207-517: Is situated on the north–south Autobahn 7 , and hence is connected with Hamburg in the north and Austria in the south. With the Hildesheim Cathedral and the St. Michael's Church , Hildesheim became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985. In 2015 the city and the diocese celebrated their 1200th anniversary. According to tradition, the city was named after its founder Hildwin . The city

230-565: The Hauptbahnhof (central station) on several days every year. After the decision was made not to extend the Mittelland Canal – as originally planned – through the cities of Hildesheim , Salzgitter and Osnabrück (due to reasons of cost and longitudinal profile), it was decided in 1905 that branch canals should be set up so that the emergent industry in these cities could profit from the favourable transport conditions offered by

253-897: The Mittelland Canal. Osnabrück's branch canal starts in the Hafen area and leads towards Bramsche , where it joins the Mittelland Canal. The initial plan was to have the branch canal lead to the smelting works in Georgsmarienhütte ; this however was dropped due to the costs entailed. In 1912 work started on closing off the harbour area and delineation of the harbour basin. On 3 April 1916 the first barge – which had travelled from Bremen via Minden – arrived at Osnabrück harbour, carrying 475 tons of oats. 52°17′00″N 8°01′00″E  /  52.2833°N 8.0167°E  / 52.2833; 8.0167 Hildesheim Hildesheim ( German: [ˈhɪldəsˌhaɪm] ; Low German : Hilmessen or Hilmssen ; Latin : Hildesia )

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276-655: The cathedral and a few other buildings remained in Imperial (Roman Catholic) hands. Several villages around the city remained Roman Catholic as well. During the Thirty Years' War , Hildesheim was besieged and occupied several times: in 1628 and 1632 by imperial troops; and in 1634 by troops from Brunswick and Lüneburg. In 1813, after the Napoleonic Wars , the town became part of the Kingdom of Hanover , which

299-685: The diocese celebrates their 1200 anniversary with the Day of Lower Saxony . In 1542 most of the inhabitants became Lutherans. Today, 28.5% of the inhabitants identify themselves as Roman Catholics ( Hildesheim Diocese ) and 38.3% as Protestants ( Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover ). 33.0% of the inhabitants are adherents of other religions or do not have a religion at all. Up until 2015 the Serbian Orthodox Bishop of Germany had his seat in Himmelsthür (a locality of Hildesheim), before

322-408: The end of March 2009 to leave Osnabrück completely. Around Bramscher Straße there used to be a tram connection on line 2, running from Haste via Bramscher Straße, Hasetor, Nikolaiort and Neumarkt towards Schölerberg . The Osnabrück-Piesberg railway station is located in the northern part of the Hafen district; it runs special services using museum trains, which travel via Osnabrück-Altstadt towards

345-469: The harbour basin, along with the closing off of the area, began in 1912; in 1916 the first ship was berthed here, one year after the completion of the branch canal – the barge “Minden 52”, which had transported 475 tons of oats to Osnabrück, arrived on 3 April. 1.28 million tons of goods were handled in the harbour area during 2004; goods transported by ship accounted for 629,000 tons of this total. In 2008 1.24 million tons were handled; there was, however,

368-440: The market was held in a street called Alter Markt ( lit.   ' old market ' ) which still exists today. The first marketplace was laid out around the church St. Andreas . When the city grew further, a larger market place became necessary. The present market place of Hildesheim was laid out at the beginning of the 13th century when the city had about 5,000 inhabitants. When Hildesheim obtained city status in 1249, it

391-478: The seat moved to Frankfurt and, in 2018, to Düsseldorf. Other places of interest include the theatre, offering opera, operetta and musicals, drama, ballet and concerts. On 31 Dec 2017 Hildesheim had 103,970 inhabitants. The following list shows the largest foreign groups in the city of Hildesheim as of 2013 : Hildesheim is twinned with: Important and significant companies in the city of Hildesheim are: Hildesheim has an efficient traffic infrastructure: it

414-466: The war the historic city was bombed as part of Britain's Area Bombing Directive in order to undermine German civilian morale. As a result, 29% of the houses were destroyed and 45% damaged, while only 26% of the houses remained undamaged. The centre, which had retained its medieval character until then, was almost leveled. Destruction in the city as a whole was estimated at 20 to 30 percent. Around 200 out of 800 half timer framed houses survived. During

437-467: The war, valuable world heritage materials had been hidden in underground cellars. After the war and its aftermath, priority was given to rapid building of housing, and concrete structures took the place of the wrecked historic buildings. Most of the major churches – two of them now UNESCO World Heritage sites – were rebuilt in the original style soon after the war. In 1978, the University of Hildesheim

460-596: Was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia as a province after the Austro-Prussian War in 1866. In 1868 a highly valuable trove of about 70 Roman silver vessels for eating and drinking, the so-called Hildesheim Treasure , was unearthed by Prussian soldiers. Early in World War II , Nazi roundups of the Jewish population began, and hundreds of Hildesheim's Jews were sent to concentration camps . Hildesheim

483-468: Was founded. In the 1980s a reconstruction of the historic centre began. Some of the unattractive concrete buildings around the market place were torn down and replaced by replicas of the original buildings. In the autumn of 2007, a decision was made to reconstruct the Upended Sugarloaf ( Umgestülpter Zuckerhut ), an iconic half-timbered house famous for its unusual shape. In 2015 the city and

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506-581: Was one of the biggest cities in Northern Germany. For four centuries the clergy ruled Hildesheim, before a town Hall was built and the citizens gained some influence and independence. Construction of the present Town Hall started in 1268. In 1367 Hildesheim became a member of the Hanseatic League . A war between the citizens and their bishop cost dearly in 1519–23 when they engaged in a feud. Hildesheim became Lutheran in 1542, and only

529-565: Was the location of a forced labour subcamp of the Nazi prison in Celle , and a subcamp of the Neuengamme concentration camp . After the dissolution of the latter, the surviving prisoners were sent on a death march to Ahlem . The city was heavily damaged by British air raids in 1945, especially on 22 March. Although Hildesheim had little military significance, two months before the end of

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