Butchers' Guild Hall V
Today the reconstructed Butchers' Guild Hall (German: Knochenhaueramtshaus) houses a restaurant and the City Museum. With its 7 floors, it is considered to be one of the tallest half-timbered houses in Germany. The Hall was originally built in 1529 in a Gothic style.
During World War II gypsoplasts were taken of the most valuable wooden carvings, and many photos were taken of the building. On 22 March 1945 the half-timbered houses of the Market Place were destroyed by incendiary bombs.
At the beginning of the 1980s, the City Council decided to tear down the modern buildings and to reconstruct the historic Market Place of Hildesheim in the original style. The reconstruction was made 1987-1989.
Butchers' Guild Hall V
Today the reconstructed Butchers' Guild Hall (German: Knochenhaueramtshaus) houses a restaurant and the City Museum. With its 7 floors, it is considered to be one of the tallest half-timbered houses in Germany. The Hall was originally built in 1529 in a Gothic style.
During World War II gypsoplasts were taken of the most valuable wooden carvings, and many photos were taken of the building. On 22 March 1945 the half-timbered houses of the Market Place were destroyed by incendiary bombs.
At the beginning of the 1980s, the City Council decided to tear down the modern buildings and to reconstruct the historic Market Place of Hildesheim in the original style. The reconstruction was made 1987-1989.