Worms, Germany

town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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agreement between Pope Calixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V on September 23, 1122 near the city of Worms

Alzey-Worms () is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the district Groß-Gerau (Hesse), the city of Worms and the districts of Bad Dürkheim, Donnersbergkreis, Bad Kreuznach and Mainz-Bingen.

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German video game developer and publisher

thumb|right|The eleven prefectures of the Duke of Mainz in [[Notitia Dignitatum. Castle Vangionis is the 2nd up from the bottom in the left column.]] The Vangiones appear first in history as an ancient Germanic tribe of unknown provenance. They threw in their lot with Ariovistus in his bid of 58 BC to invade Gaul through the Doubs river valley and lost to Julius Caesar in a battle probably near Belfort. After some Celts evacuated the region in fear of the Suebi, the Vangiones, who had made a Roman peace, were allowed to settle among the Mediomatrici in northern Alsace. (Metz however is now in

lost Roman Catholic Diocese

Large group monument for Martin Luther in Worms, often copied

thumb|270px|Wormsgau (Wormazfelt) in Rhenish Franconia, about 1000 The Wormsgau () was a medieval county in the East Frankish (German) stem duchy of Franconia, comprising the surroundings of the city of Worms and further territories on the left bank of the Upper Rhine river. Together with the neighbouring Nahegau and Speyergau, it belonged to the central Rhenish Franconian possessions of the Imperial Salian dynasty.

Ibersheim (, ) is the district of Worms (Rhineland-Palatinate) that is furthest from the city centre and the smallest in terms of population.

Meeting of the Imperial Diet of the Holy Roman Empire

The former free imperial city Pfeddersheim (, ) is a borough of Worms since 1969. It became a borough after 2,000 years of independent history.