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Butchers' Guild Hall, Hildesheim

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The Butchers' Guild Hall, known in German as the Knochenhaueramtshaus, is a half timbered building on the market square of Hildesheim in Lower Saxony, Germany, built in 1529 in the Gothic style as a meeting hall for the town's prosperous butchers' guild. Standing 26 meters tall over seven floors, it ranks among the tallest half timbered buildings in Germany, and its wooden facade carries carved and painted decoration and inscribed proverbs. The original hall was destroyed in the Second World War and reconstructed between 1987 and 1989; it now houses a restaurant and the Hildesheim City Museum and hosts the city's annual Christmas market. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Building Type
House 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Hildesheim, Germany 2
Completed Year
1989 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
House 1
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House, Concepts

In Style

Gothic Architecture, Styles and Movements
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Uses Element

Timber, Architectural Materials
Source Butchers' Guild Hall, Hildesheim (Wikipedia)
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Germany

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1. Butchers' Guild Hall, Hildesheim (Wikipedia)
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butchers'_Guild_Hall,_Hildesheim, lead definition
    The Butchers' Guild Hall (German: Knochenhaueramtshaus) is a half-timbered house in Hildesheim in the federal state of Lower Saxony, Germany.
  • Reconstruction
    The Roofing Ceremony was held on 15 January 1989, and the reconstruction was completed in December 1989.
  • Lead section
    The Butchers' Guild Hall (German: Knochenhaueramtshaus) is a half-timbered house in Hildesheim in the federal state of Lower Saxony, Germany.
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field (House)
    The Butchers' Guild Hall (German: Knochenhaueramtshaus) is a half-timbered house in Hildesheim in the federal state of Lower Saxony, Germany. Today the reconstructed Butchers' Guild Hall houses a restaurant and the City Museum. Every year, a traditional Christmas Market is held in front of the Butchers' Guild Hall. It starts in the last week of November and runs through to Christmas Eve. Traditio
  • Uses Element: Timber, Article body
    400 cubic metres of oak wood, 7,500 wooden pegs
  • In Style: Gothic Architecture, Article text
    The Butchers' Guild Hall was originally built in 1529 in a Gothic style.
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2. Butchers' Guild Hall, Hildesheim (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Hildesheim, Germany
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Hildesheim, Germany
Wikidata item Q529285, property P131/P17 (location): Hildesheim, Germany
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