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Bardowick

Coordinates: 53°17′57″N 10°23′42″E / 53.29917°N 10.39500°E / 53.29917; 10.39500
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Not to be confused with Bardowiek.
Bardowick
Municipality
Bardowick Windmill
Bardowick Windmill
Coat of arms of Bardowick
Coat of arms
Location of Bardowick within Lüneburg district
Lüneburg (district)Lower SaxonySchleswig-HolsteinMecklenburg-VorpommernLüchow-DannenbergUelzen (district)HeidekreisHarburgRehlingenSoderstorfOldendorfAmelinghausenBetzendorfBarnstedtMelbeckDeutsch EvernWendisch EvernEmbsenSüdergellersenKirchgellersenWestergellersenReppenstedtReppenstedtMechtersenVögelsenRadbruchBardowickHandorfWittorfLüneburgBarendorfVastorfReinstorfThomasburgDahlenburgBoitzeNahrendorfTosterglopeDahlemBleckedeNeetzeAdendorfScharnebeckRullstorfLüdersburgHittbergenHohnstorfEchemArtlenburgBarumBrietlingenAmt Neuhaus
Bardowick is located in Germany
Bardowick
Bardowick
Bardowick is located in Lower Saxony
Bardowick
Bardowick
Coordinates: 53°17′57″N 10°23′42″E / 53.29917°N 10.39500°E / 53.29917; 10.39500
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictLüneburg
Municipal assoc.Bardowick
Area
 • Total23.25 km2 (8.98 sq mi)
Elevation
8 m (26 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[1]
 • Total7,095
 • Density310/km2 (790/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
21357
Dialling codes04131
Vehicle registrationLG
Websitewww.bardowick.de

Bardowick (Bewick in Low Saxon) is a municipality in the district of Lüneburg in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is three miles north of Lüneburg on the navigable river Ilmenau. Bardowick is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Bardowick.

History

Bardowiek was founded in the 8th century by Charlemagne, who established a bishopric in it, and until its destruction by Henry the Lion in 1189, it was the most prosperous commercial city of north Germany. Its name is derived from the 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 collegiate church of Saints Peter and Paul is recorded first. In 1186 the then competent 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

  1. ^ "LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle A100001G: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2022" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
  2. ^  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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