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Worms, Germany

German location

Name	Worms
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Kreisfreie Stadt
B�rgermeister	Michael Kissel
Party	SPD
Basic statistics
Area (km2)	108.73
Elevation (m)	86
Population	82212
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	WO
Postal code	67501 � 67551
Area code	06241, 06242, 06246, 06247

Worms, Germany


Native Name	Reichsstadt Worms
Conventional Long Name	Imperial City of Worms
Common Name	Worms
Continent	Europe
Region	Central Europe
Country	Germany
Era	Middle Ages
Status	City-state
Empire	Holy Roman Empire
Government Type	Republic
Year Start	11th century
Year End	1789
Event Pre	City founded
Date Pre	before 14 BC
Event Start	Gained Reichsfreiheit
Date Start	between 1074 and 1184
Event1	Concordat of Worms
Date Event1	1122
Event2	Reichstag concluded Imperial Reform
Date Event2	1495
Event3	Diet of Worms: Martin Luther banned
Date Event3	1521
Event4	Sacked by French during War of Grand Alliance
Date Event4	1689
Event End	Occupied by France
Date End	1789 � 1816
Event Post	Awarded to Hesse
Date Post	1816
P1	Duchy of Franconia
S1	Grand Duchy of Hesse
Flag S1	Flagge Großherzogtum Hessen ohne Wappen.svg

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Worms (-deˈvɔɐ̯ms) is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Rhine River. At the end of 2004, it had 85,829 inhabitants.

Established by the Celts, who called it Borbetomagus, Worms today remains embattled with the cities Trier and Cologne over the title of "Oldest City in Germany." Worms is the only German member of the Most Ancient European Towns Network.

Today the city is an industrial centre and is famed for the original "Liebfrauenstift-Kirchenstück" epotoponym for the Liebfraumilch wine. Other industries include chemicals and metal goods.

Worms is one of the major sites where the events of the ancient German Nibelungenlied took place. A multimedia Nibelungenmuseum was opened in 2001, and a yearly festival right in front of the Dom, the Cathedral of Worms, attempts to recapture the atmosphere of the pre-Christian period.

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