Bardowick
Bardowick | |
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 Bardowick Windmill | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Bardowick within Lüneburg district  | |
  Bardowick  Bardowick | |
| Coordinates: 53°17′57″N 10°23′42″E / 53.29917°N 10.39500°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Lower Saxony |
| District | Lüneburg |
| Municipal assoc. | Bardowick |
| Area | |
| • Total | 23.25 km2 (8.98 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 8 m (26 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 7,095 |
| • Density | 310/km2 (790/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 21357 |
| Dialling codes | 04131 |
| Vehicle registration | LG |
| Website | www.bardowick.de |
Bardowick (Bewick in
Ilmenau. Bardowick is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Bardowick
.
History
 | This section needs additional citations for verification. (March 2024) |
Bardowiek was founded in the 8th century by Charlemagne, who established a
Longobardi, the tribe for whom it was the home and centre, and from it the colonization of Lombardy started.[2]
The town was first mentioned in 795 AD and was raised to city status in 972 by
Otto I
.
In 1146 the
Prince-Bishop of Verden, Tammo
(d. 1188), further privileged the collegiate church.
The city was razed to the ground, with the exception of the churches, in 1189 by Henry the Lion. Until that time, it was the most prosperous commercial city in northern Germany.
Today's building of the former collegiate, meanwhile
Lutheran church (German: Bardowicker Dom, with Dom being used in German language - pars pro toto - as a synecdoche
for collegiate churches and cathedrals alike) was erected between 1389 and 1485.
References
- Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bardowiek". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 396.
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