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Worms , independent city and oldest city in Germany (in competition with Trier...) is located in Rhineland Palatinate directly on the western bank of the Rhine and has around 82,000 inhabitants. <9> With an average age of 42 years it is a relatively young population, the proportion of foreigners is 11.4% and thus in the upper national German average. <9> <9> Besides the Nibelungen and Luther cities of Worms, Trier, Kempten and Augsburg also claim the title ´Oldest German City´, although only Worms is the only German member of the Most Ancient European Towns Network (working group of the oldest cities in Europe). <9> <9> Worms is, so to speak, the gateway to the Palatinate, it is located in the eastern outskirts of Rhineland-Palatinate. In the west, the Wonnegau and the Palatinate Forest join, beyond the Rhine bridge,in the east the Odenwald and Hesse <9> <9> Due to its location in the Upper Rhine Plain between the Palatinate Forest and Donnersberg in the west and the Odenwald in the east, Worms is one of the warmest and driest places in Germany. <9> <9>History<9> <9> * The first evidence of settlement in the Worms urban area dates back to the Neolithic Age, 5000 BC. . . . (Arable farmer and cattle breeder) <9> * Grave finds from the time 2300 BC BC also document the settlement of the region <9> * oldest known name ´Borbetomagus´, of Celtic origin <9> * 7. -9. Worms gains importance as the bishop´s seat under the Carolingians <9> * 9th century. Emperor Charlemagne appoints Worms as his winter residence <9> * 829 and 926 the venue for the Diet of Eastern Franconia <9> * 966 Otto I celebrates the anniversary of a coronation in Worms <9> * Age of the Salians and the rise of the city: <9> * 1074 Exemption from customs duties <9> * 1076 Reichstag, at which King Heinrich IV. Pope Gregory VII was declared deposed and therefore banned from church.As a result, the walk to Canossa <9> * 11th century. Worms is one of the SCHUM cities (next to Mainz and Speyer) and is considered the birthplace of Ashkenazi culture, a Jewish religion <9> * 1096 Persecution of Jews during the 1st crusade <9> * 12th century. Construction of a synagogue and mikveh. During this time the Jewish scholar Raschi lived in Worms, whose name is still alive today in Worms (Raschi-Tor) <9> * 1122 Worms Concordat (settlement of the investiture dispute between church and state, which the emperor had to give up. .) <9> In the period that followed, an urban constitution was formed that included a freely acting city council as the representative of the citizens. <9> * 1184 Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa makes Worms an imperial city by granting it numerous rights of freedom9> * 12th - 16th centuries quarrels between the church and the city smolder again and again <9> * 1208 friendship between cities with Speyer <9> * 1495 Reichstag under Emperor Maximilian. Introduction of the imperial tax and the imperial chamber court <9> * 1512/1513 civil uprising <9> * 1515-1519 feud with Franz von Sickingen. . . . afterwards the city´s decline due to restrictive power relations among the clergy, which made the city council partially incapable of acting. Martin Luther defends his 95 theses here and quickly found supporters in the spiritually free climate of the city. <9> * 1524 printing of the first Protestant mass <9>* 1526 William Tyndale publishes the first English version of the New Testament in Worms <9> Worms becomes Protestant (until 1792 Catholics are excluded from the city council) <9> * 1689 Destruction in the Palatinate War of Succession by the troops of King Ludwig XIV. <9> * 1792 bis 1814 Worms is part of the First French Republic and the First Empire by British bombardment, mainly on the main train station and the chemical plants on the outskirts. Destruction of further parts of the city center. 334 aircraft dropped 1,100 tons of bombs over the city center within a few minutes. The cathedral was also on fire.The city center was rebuilt in a largely modern style after the war. <9> <9> <994/1701252> <994/1115528> <994/1680936><9> <9>Attractions<9> <9><121> Churches<122> <9> * St. Peter´s Cathedral <9> * Church of Our Lady <9> * Pauluskirche and Dominican Monastery <9> * Trinity Church (Marktkirche) <9> * Luther Church (Art Nouveau) < 9> * Lukaskirche one of the last unchanged emergency church buildings <9> * Martinskirche (Romanesque basilica) <9> * Magnuskirche, smallest church in Worms, founded by Carolingian <9> * St. Andrew´s Church with St. Andreasstift (Museum of the City of Worms) <9> * Jewish ´Heiliger Sand´ cemetery (oldest surviving Jewish cemetery in Europe, since 1076) <9> * Worms Synagogue (first mentioned in 1034) and Raschi House <9> * Luther Monument <9> <9> <994/1184838> <994 / 1184862> <994/1184882><9><9><121>Other<122><9> <9> * Nibelungen Museum <9> * partially preserved city wall with the gate through which Luther fled <9> * Hagendenkmal on the Rhine promenade <9> * Nibelungen Bridge Worms (with Nibelung tower) along the B 47 across the Rhine <9> * Worms water tower <9> * Ludwigsplatz with monument <9> * Herrnsheimer Schloss <9> * Heylshof (at the cathedral) <9> * Große Fischerweide (one of the oldest streets) <9> * Kiautschau - workers´ settlement (named after the former German colony Kiautschou) formerly for the workers of the Lederwerke Heyl, now popular with young families. <9> * Albert-Schulte-Park - entrance at the train station, also called ´Alter Friedhof´ <9> * City park and Bürgerweide - local recreation area south of the city center with animal park <9> * Herrnsheimer Schlosspark - park in Worms-Herrnsheim <9>* Karl-Bittel-Park (Pfrimmpark) - between the districts of Pfiffligheim and Hochheim <9> * ´Das Wormser´ Stadttheater <9> * Lincoln Theater Worms - venue for cabaret, cabaret, children´s theater and concerts <9> * Small theater of the Volksbühne Worms - amateur theater with its own venue (since 1908) <9> * Nibelungen Festival Worms - open-air stage in front of Worms Cathedral, performances with well-known German actors under the direction of Dieter Wedel <9> <9> <121> Museums <122> <9> * Heylshof art house of the city of Worms <9> * Nibelungen Museum on the eastern city wall <9> * Andreasstift - City Museum of the city of Worms, on Weckerlingsplatz, opposite the cathedral <9> * Raschi-Haus - Jewish museum of the city of Worms; named after Rabbi Rashi. <9> <9> <994/1184890><994/1184891> <994/1115530><9><9> <121> Traditional festivals and events <122> <9> <9> * Worms Backfischfest, largest wine and folk festival on the Rhine, with annual parade and evening fireworks . Every year starting on the last Sunday in August (in 2011 from August 27th to September 4th) <9> * Worms Carnival, 3 large associations are the sponsors of the Carnival, which is traditionally celebrated in Worms with political and witty hand-made speeches <9> Worms Narrhalla from 1840 e. V. <9> Wormser Liederkranz 1875 e. V. <9> Worms Carneval Club 1974 e. V. <9> * Worms Whitsun Market, the region´s oldest consumer fair. <9> * Worms Nibelungen Festival <9> * Blickachse, open-air art exhibition in Herrnsheimer Schlosspark <9>* Jazz´n´Joy, annual three-day jazz festival with five stages around the cathedral. <9> * Worms Rock Night, annual rock night with bands from Worms and the surrounding area. <9> * Worms Honky Tonk, pub festival in spring. <9> * Apostel-Openair, music festival in summer. <9> * Wormstock, annual rock festival, mostly in July. <9> <9> <994/1115531> <994/1184844> <994/1115527> <994/1452625> <994/1184882> <994/1680932> <994/1701241> <994/1702125> <9> < 9> <1001>Music festival in summer. <9> * Wormstock, annual rock festival, mostly in July. <9> <9> <994/1115531> <994/1184844> <994/1115527> <994/1452625> <994/1184882> <994/1680932> <994/1701241> <994/1702125> <9> < 9> <1001>Music festival in summer. <9> * Wormstock, annual rock festival, mostly in July. <9> <9> <994/1115531> <994/1184844> <994/1115527> <994/1452625> <994/1184882> <994/1680932> <994/1701241> <994/1702125> <9> < 9> <1001>
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| the district Predigergasse
Predigergasse is a street in the core city of Worms and has a long history. The exact year the street was founded is not known, but it is believed that it already existed in the Middle Ages. Over the . . . FURTHER . . . [000.94]