Bardowick

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.

Not to be confused with Bardowiek.
Bardowick
Bardowick Windmill
Coat of arms
Location of Bardowick within Lüneburg district
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Coordinates: 53°17′57″N 10°23′42″E
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictLüneburg
Municipal assoc.Bardowick
Area
 • Total23.25 km2 (8.98 sq mi)
Elevation
8 m (26 ft)
Population
 (2019-12-31)[1]
 • Total7,013
 • Density300/km2 (780/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
21357
Dialling codes04131
Vehicle registrationLG
Websitewww.bardowick.de

History

The town was first mentioned in 795 AD and was raised to city status in 972 by Otto I. Its name is derived from the Longobardi, the tribe for whom it was the home and centre. From it the colonization of Lombardy started under their nontrinitarian Arian king Alboin.[2]

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 of north 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. Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen, LSN-Online Regionaldatenbank, Tabelle 12411: Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes, Stand 31. Dezember 2019.
  2. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bardowiek" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.


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