Heylshof Museum
The Heylshof museum with its small park extends to where once the bishop’s court and the Worms Imperial lodgings of the Middle Ages were located. It was here that the German emperors held court when they came to the Imperial Diet in Worms.
Art house Heylshof
Portal at the Heylshof
Here stood Luther before the Imperial Diet
Emperor Karl V summoned Martin Luther to Worms in 1521. Unfortunately, the grounds of the bishop’s court were completely burnt down in 1689.
Using parts of the walls found in the ground of today’s park, the world famous setting of Luther’s trial has been reconstructed. Today a plaque marks the place where in 1521 Martin Luther refused to recant his writings before Emperor and Reich.
Exquisite Collections
The Heylshof palace with its park-like gardens was built in 1884 on the grounds of the former imperial and bishop’s palace by Bluntschli for Baron Cornelius W von Heyl and his wife Sophie, née Stein.
It was designed as an “art house”, in order to display the couple’s significant art collection. Following the death of his wife, Baron von Heyl instructed in his will that the house with its park and pieces of art should always be open to the general public. In 1923 a foundation was set up for this purpose.
In 1945, the building was burnt down. Nearly all the collection pieces had already been stored in a safe place. The house was rebuilt on a smaller scale for museum purposes and since 1961, exhibitions have once again been on view including collections from German, Dutch and French painters, Frankenthal porcelain, glass, ceramic, glass paintings an small sculptures.
There are also changing exhibitions showing contemporary art.
One of the leading art museums in Rhineland-Palatinate
The Heylsof Art Museum counts as one of the leading art museums in Rhineland-Palatinate.
The famous art historian Georg Swarzenski, director of the municipal art institute and municipal gallery in Frankfurt, wrote in 1913 about the significance of the Heyslhof collection:
“The art collection in Heylshof in Worms…must be the most varied and content-rich private collection in Germany. As such, it has ...more
Contact
Stephansgasse 9
D-67547 Worms
Telephone: +49 (0) 62 41 / 2 20 00
E-Mail: museum@heylshof.de
Heylshof in the city map (German)
Opening times
May - September: Tuesday - Sunday 11-17:00
October - April: Tuesday - Saturday 14-17:00, Sunday 11-17:00
01. January to 14. February closed
Entrance fees
... single ticket 2,50 €
... children
(for children in company with an adult entrance free) 0,50 €
... family ticket
(up to two adults with children) 3,50 €
... youths from 14 years 1,00 €
... pupils, trainees, students
above 18 years with an evidence 1,00 €
! Tickets are available for repeated visitations within a week !
... groups from three persons 1,50 €
per person
! Tickets are only for a singular visitation available !
