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the half-timbered houses of the market place including the
Butcher's Guild Hall were destroyed by incendiary bombs. Only the vault construction of the cellar remained. In the 1950s the houses were replaced by concrete buildings with flat roofs. One of these buildings was used by the Municipal Savings
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Municipal Savings Bank needed a larger building. On this occasion, the city council decided to tear down the concrete buildings and to reconstruct the historic Market Place of Hildesheim in the original
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suffered severe bomb damage as early as in 1943 and 1944 and many historic buildings were destroyed. As a consequence, the City
Council of Hildesheim contemplated the dismantlement of the Butcher's Guild Hall, but this proved to be impossible. Gypsoplasts were taken of the most valuable wooden
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wood, 7,500 wooden pegs and 19,000 roof tiles, which were nearly 150 years old, were used. The
Roofing Ceremony was held on 15 January 1989, and the reconstruction was completed in December 1989. The total costs of reconstructing the Butcher's and Bakers' Guild Halls amounted to DM
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Hildesheim donated money for the project and provided old photos and drawings. Some of the old construction plans of the Butchers' Guild Hall were preserved. The foundation stone was laid on 27 October 1987. 400 cubic metres of
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Architect's name, however, remains unknown. The building was used as a meeting place of the butchers' guild, which was a very wealthy and influential guild in Hildesheim in the
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carvings, a precise wooden model was made and many photos were taken of the building. The construction plans were put in safekeeping.
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