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Geodata Hildesheim
Landkreis Hildesheim · Lower Saxony
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Ready-made files from this server — one click, one download, uniform nationwide in EPSG:25832.
🗺️ ALKIS — Real-estate cadastre: parcels, building footprints and land use
199,563 parcels.
| Package | Size |
|---|---|
| Complete package (3 layers) | on demand |
| Parcels only | on demand |
| Building footprints only | on demand |
| Land use only | on demand |
Source: © GeoBasis-DE/LGLN · Licence CC BY 4.0
⛰️ DGM1 — Digital terrain model: elevations on a 1-metre grid
1,344 tiles of 1 km² each (3.37 GB), 1 m grid, EPSG:25832.
| Access | Extent |
|---|---|
| Tile list (1,344 tiles, JSON) | 3.37 GB |
🏙️ DOM1 — Digital surface model: unified 1-metre elevation grid including buildings and vegetation
1,344 tiles of 1 km² each (3.18 GB), 1 m grid, EPSG:25832.
| Access | Extent |
|---|---|
| Tile list (1,344 tiles, JSON) | 3.18 GB |
Directly from the state
There is no copy of these datasets here: the tables link per tile to the server of the responsible state agency.
✈️ DOP — Digital orthophotos: current aerial imagery directly from the state agencies
340 tiles, period 2025-03-07–2025-04-12.
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Download links (340 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
Show historical years individually (5)
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Historical year 2013 (340 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2016 (340 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2019 (340 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2022 (340 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2025 (340 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
📷 bDOM — Image-based surface model at native resolution — directly from the state agency
1,344 tiles, period 2025-03-07–2025-04-12.
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Download links (1,344 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
Show historical years individually (2)
| Access | Note |
|---|---|
| Historical year 2022 (1,344 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
| Historical year 2025 (1,344 tiles, JSON) | directly from the state agency |
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Land use in Landkreis Hildesheim
What the land is used for — summed from the ALKIS land-use polygons, not taken from official statistics. Shares refer to the district area of 1,207 km².
| Use | Area | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | 697 km² | 57.8 % |
| Forest | 285 km² | 23.6 % |
| Residential land | 57 km² | 4.7 % |
| Paths and tracks | 35 km² | 2.9 % |
| Road transport | 32 km² | 2.7 % |
| Industry & commerce | 22 km² | 1.8 % |
| Sports, leisure & recreation | 18 km² | 1.5 % |
| Water bodies | 17 km² | 1.4 % |
| Woodland | 12 km² | 1.0 % |
| Mixed-use area | 8 km² | 0.7 % |
| Rail transport | 6 km² | 0.5 % |
| Other uses | 5 km² | 0.4 % |
| Open-cast mining, mining & spoil heaps | 488 ha | 0.4 % |
| Wasteland & unvegetated land | 287 ha | 0.2 % |
| Cemetery | 170 ha | 0.1 % |
| Squares | 117 ha | 0.1 % |
The data covers the district area completely. All states compared →
Terrain elevation in Landkreis Hildesheim
Calculated from the digital terrain model (DGM1): minimum, maximum and a tile-area-weighted mean of the elevations above sea level (NHN).
| Metric | Elevation above sea level (NHN) |
|---|---|
| Minimum | 56.1 m |
| Mean | 144.5 m |
| Maximum | 481.1 m |
Municipalities in Landkreis Hildesheim
- Alfeld (Leine)
- Algermissen
- Bad Salzdetfurth
- Bockenem
- Diekholzen
- Duingen
- Eime
- Elze
- Freden (Leine)
- Giesen
- Gronau (Leine)
- Harsum
- Hildesheim
- Holle
- Lamspringe
- Nordstemmen
- Sarstedt
- Schellerten
- Sibbesse
- Söhlde
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Data as of: 2026-09-02.