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{{distinguish|Bardowiek}}
{{Infobox German location
|image_photo       = File:Bardowick Windmuehle-01.jpg
|image_caption     = Bardowick Windmill
|image_coa            = DEU Bardowick COA.svg
|coordinates       = {{coord|53|17|57|N|10|23|42|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Bardowick in LG.svg
|state        = Niedersachsen
|district         = Lüneburg
|Samtgemeinde      = Bardowick
|elevation              = 8
|area            = 23.25
|postal_code               = 21357
|area_code           = 04131
|licence               = LG
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 3 55 004
|website           = [http://www.bardowick.de/ www.bardowick.de]
}}

'''Bardowick''' is a [[municipality]] in the district of [[Lüneburg (district)|Lüneburg]] in [[Lower Saxony]], [[Germany]]. It is three miles north of [[Lüneburg]] on the navigable river [[Ilmenau River|Ilmenau]]. Bardowick is also the seat of the ''[[Samtgemeinde]]'' ("collective municipality") [[Bardowick (Samtgemeinde)|Bardowick]].

== Name ==
This municipality also has the following names in the following languages:

* Bewick, in [[Low Saxon]];
* Bardów Wik, in [[Polish language|Polish]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=1937 |title=Altas nazw geograficznych słowianszczyny zachodniej |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20140714154235/http://www.mapywig.org/m_documents/PL/ATLAS_NAZW_GEOGRAFICZNYCH_SLOWIANSZCZYZNY_ZACHODNIEJ_ZESZYT_IIA.pdf}}</ref>

==History==
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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 (people)|Longobardi]], the tribe for whom it was the home and centre, and from it the colonization of Lombardy started.<ref>{{EB1911|wstitle=Bardowiek|footnote=1|volume=3|page=396}}</ref>

The town was first mentioned in 795 AD and was raised to city status in 972 by [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto I]].

In 1146 the [[collegiate church]] of [[Saints Peter and Paul (Bardowick)|Saints Peter and Paul]] is recorded first. In 1186 the then competent [[Bishop of Verden#Catholic Prince-Bishops (1180–1566)|Prince-Bishop of Verden]], [[Tammo 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 [[Evangelical Lutheran State Church of Hanover|Lutheran]] church ({{langx|de|Bardowicker Dom}}, with [[Duomo|Dom]] being used in German language - [[pars pro toto]] - as a [[synecdoche]] for collegiate churches and cathedrals alike) was erected between 1389 and 1485.

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