Hildesheim, a town in Hanover, Prussia, on the Innerste, 24 m. SE. of Hanover; is a quaint old town, and has several ancient churches, notably a noble cathedral of the 11th century, with famous bronze gates; trades in corn, linen, &c.
Population (circa 1900) given as 33,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Hildebrand * Hill, Rev. Rowland