St Magnus’ Church
Originally St Magnus’ Church was a Carolingian one-room church of the 8th/9th century. The ground plan reveals extensions in the Romanesque and Gothic styles (position of the tower), but also the renovations after the destruction in 1945. The former parish church of St Andrew’s chapter became in 1521 the cradle of the Protestant movement in Worms and is one of the oldest Protestant churches in southwestern Germany.; "image: St Magnus’ church")
St Magnus’ church.
One of the oldest Lutheran churches
St Magnus’ Church is a three-nave, transeptless and flat-ceiling pier basilica with a straight-ended choir, a rectangular transverse choir with two smaller, longitudinal side choirs. During the Diet of Worms was held in 1521, Protestant sermons delivered here. Thus St Magnus’ Church ranks among the oldest Lutheran churches of southwestern Germany.
The exterior is 89ft long and 56ft broad. A 171ft tall clock tower, built in 1952/1953 in lieu of the old tower that was completely destroyed in 1945, rises over the northern side choir. The tower’s five quoined square storeys are crowned by an off-set slender, octagonal clock storey made from red sandstone, with tall arcades and a steep spire top.
text source: regionalgeschichte.net
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