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Jeptha Homer Wade Travel Journals: Germany July 18 to October 16, 1914

Page 09: July 31-August 1, 1914

July 31 Spent the morning driving
about town + seeing the interior
of Cathedral. Churchyard +
cloisters fine. The 1000 years old
rose bush is here. The present
sprouts only a few years old
Many fine old carved + painted
houses in town more fine ones
than any other German City.
Left at 2 for Brunswick
28 miles. Flat country well
cultivated. Good rooms ^ 60 M. + dinner
at Deutsches Haus. All took
short walk after arrival.
In evening Jep + I went to a
garden restaurant. Good fare
+ large crowd. All taking beer [?]
Great excitement + rush to get
extra of war news.
Warmer today + no rain 1st day
since landing without some rain
Have had salon + bath + english
spoken at every Hotel.
Aug 1 Fine warm day. Alarming
war news. Sale of gasoline
stopped + can not get enough to
take us to Berlin. Visited Am.
Consul Mr. Albert from

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Hildesheim Cathedral Hildesheim Cathedral (German: Hildesheimer Dom), officially the Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary (German: St. Mariä Himmelfahrt), is a medieval Catholic cathedral in Hildesheim, Germany, that has been on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list since 1985, together with the nearby St. Michael's Church. The cathedral church was built between 1010 and 1020 in the Romanesque style. It follows a symmetrical plan with two apses, that is characteristic of Ottonian Romanesque architecture in Old Saxony. The cathedral's treasures include world-famous artworks, bronzeworks from the time of Bishop Bernward, Bernward Doors and Bernward Column, as well as two of the four notable Romanesque wheel chandeliers: the Hezilo chandelier and the Azelin chandelier. After renovations and extensions in the 11th, 12th and 14th centuries, the cathedral was completely destroyed during an air raid on 22 March 1945, and rebuilt from 1950 to 1960. A thorough renovation of the cathedral began in 2010, including technical and conservation measures. Some of the cathedral's treasures have been shown further afield, including at an exhibition at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. The cathedral was reopened on 15 August 2014.