Steuerwald Castle

The settlement around the cathedral of Hildesheim was ruled by the clergy for four centuries and it quickly developed into a town which was awarded market rights by King Otto III in 983.

After the Thirty Years' War had come to an end in 1648, the bishops of Hildesheim continued residing in Steuerwald Castle.

Several barns and stables were built, and a part of the moat was levelled, as the space was needed for the construction of a tenant's house in 1819.

The City of Hildesheim bought the castle on 1 September 1912 as most of its grounds were needed to construct an inland harbour and a canal.

During World War II, the roofs of the romanesque palace and of some of the barns received some damage, when a bomb exploded near Steuerwald during an air raid on Hanover on 9 October 1943.

[6] After the war, Steuerwald Castle was used for residential purposes, as the city of Hildesheim had suffered severe bomb damage.