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Hildesheim

A Lower Saxony city whose cathedral and a nearby church together hold UNESCO World Heritage status for artwork dating back over a thousand years, rebuilt after wartime destruction with a reconstructed half-timbered market square. The economy leans on machinery and printing-press manufacturing alongside the tourism the old town and its heritage sites draw.

The place

State
Lower Saxony
Population
98,207as of December 2025 ·
Area
92.3 km²
Density
1,064 people per km²
Public holidays a year
10as of January 2026 ·

Work and pay

Unemployment rate
10.9%as of September 2026 ·
Median gross pay
€3,980 a monthas of December 2025 ·

Local taxes and charges

Grunderwerbsteuer
5%
Church tax
9%
Grundsteuer B, Hebesatz
650%as of January 2024 ·
Gewerbesteuer, Hebesatz
440%as of January 2024 ·

Housing

Asking price, apartments
€2,254 per m²as of September 2026 · sourced · immoportal.com
Asking rent, apartments
€9.08 per m² a monthimmoportal.com
Hausgeld
€3.30 per m² a month
Prices, last 12 months
+1.6%
A 70 m² flat
To buy€157,780
Closing costs on top+ €16,283
To rent, cold€636 a month
Asking rent, BBSR (re-lettings)
€8 per m² a monthas of July 2024 · District: Hildesheim ·
Rent in existing tenancies (Zensus 2022)
€6.34 per m² a monthas of May 2022 ·
Vacant flats
4.1%as of May 2022 ·
Owner-occupiers
30.6%as of May 2022 ·
Paid price, resold flats
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Paid price, new flats
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Unemployment rate10.9%

Monthly, Bundesagentur für Arbeit.

Median gross pay a month€3,980

Each 31 December, Bundesagentur für Arbeit, full-time employees by workplace.

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