St. Peter’s Cathedral
The origins of the Worms’ cathedral can be traced back to the late Roman era. Under Bishop Burchard (1000 – 1025AD), the most important bishop of Worms, a new early-Romanesque cathedral was built. It had today’s measurements and some of the original parts still remain.
Magnuskirche
Originally a Carolingian one-roomed church in the 8th/9th Century. The former parish church near Andreasstift became the starting point of the evangelical movement in Worms in 1521 and counts as one of the oldest evangelical churches in south west Germany.
Martinskirche
Chapter church of the Martinsstift whose buildings have almost completely disappeared. It is a buttress basilica with architectural forms from the 12th Century. Up until the 15th Century, it was a burial place for the Kämmerer family whose courts lay nearby in the Kämmererstrasse.
Liebfrauenkirche
The Liebfrauenkirche stands in the middle of the original Liebfrauenmilch vineyards. It is an important late Gothic building which was finished in 1465. The original Liebfrauenmilch is still cultivated around the Liebfrauenkirche.
Synagogue
The first documented synagogue in Worms was built in the year 1034. For centuries the synagogue represented the center of jewish life in Worms. In the pogrom night of 1938, the synagogue was burnt down. Due to the historical religious importance of the Worms’ synagogue it was rebuilt in 1961.
Rashi-House
The Rashi-House was built in 1982 and stands on historical ground: the building, which lies behind the synagogue is assumed to be the site of the medieval Talmud school. Since late medieval times it has been used as a dance and wedding house and then as a hospital.
Jewish cemetery “Holy Sands”
The cemetery originated as the first synagogue was built in 1034. This means that Worms’ Jewish cemetery is the oldest still excisting Jewish cemetery in Europe. A number of renowned Jewish scholars are buried here.
Dreifaltigkeitskirche (Trinity Church)
A single naved Baroque hall church was built as a Lutheran town church from 1709-25 in place of the magnificent old town hall “Münze”. Following the destruction of 1945, the interior was rebuilt differently according to plans from Prof. Otto Bartning.
Dominican Monastery of St. Paul
St. Paul’s was built on the remains of a Salian castle. The Dominican order also lost its monastery (built 1226) as a result of secularisation. In 1929 the Dominican monastery was officially reopened. During bomb attacks in 1945 large parts were destroyed but rebuilt by 1947.
Luther monument
In 1868 the largest Reformation monument in the world was unveiled. Here, the history of the Reformation is presented from its very beginning into the pre-Reformation era and on to the 19th Century. Martin Luther is placed in the centre with the pre-Reformers sitting at his feet.
Heylshof
Heylshof with the largest private art collection of the late 19th Century is one of the leading art museums in Rhineland-Palatinate. It has been preserved in its original condition at the original location.
Heylshofgarten
A plaque on the ground in the Heylshof garden marks the spot where Martin Luther refused to recant his teachings in front if the Imperial Diet in 1521. In those days the bishop’s palace extended as far as this garden – the palace was destroyed in 1689.
Nibelungen Museum
Visit the Nibelungen Museum on a dreamlike journey through time and space. The Nibelungenlied – one of the most famous stories in world literature – is performed using modern multimedia technology.
Andreasstift
The Romanesque basilica was the chapter church of the Andreasstift (today’s town museum). The church architecture shows forms of the early 13th Century. Gothic changes can be seen in both the church and the adjoining cloister.
Hagen-Monument
This bronze figure on the bank of the Rhine erected in 1905 recalls the sinking of the Nibelungen treasure into the waters of the Rhine. Worms is the starting point of the Nibelungen route which leads past the Lorsch monastery in the direction of Hungary.
