Churches in Worms

St Andrew’s Collegiate Church (Andreaskirche)

The Romanesque basilica has three naves and a straight (“Worms”) chancel railing and was the chapter church of the Andreasstift (today’s town museum). The church architecture shows forms of the early 13th Century. Gothic changes can be seen in both the church and the adjoining cloister.

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St Peter’s Cathedral (Worms Cathedral)

Situated on the highest elevation of the inner city, St Peter’s Cathedral is one of the most exquisite examples of Romanesque architectural style. It is closely related to the name of bishop Burchard of Worms and the city’s heyday in the 12th and 13th centuries. The Cathedral was the scene of several milestones of European history.

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Trinity Church (Dreifaltigkeitskirche)

A single naved Baroque hall church with a five-sided chancel and a three-sided west facade influenced by French style which ends in the younger looking tower. It was built as a Lutheran town church from 1709-25 “at the place where Luther first professed his teachings” in place of the magnificent old town hall “Münze” (Luther actually stood in Bischofshof before Emperor Karl V). It was designed by the Palatine chief-engineer Villaincourt. Following the destruction of 1945, the interior was rebuilt differently according to plans from Prof. Otto Bartning. There is a cycle of 15 stained glass windows representing biblical scenes and the creed as well as a mosaic showing Luther in front Emperor Karl V.

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Frederick’s Church (Friedrichskirche)

Built by the reformed parish (officially registered in 1699) with financial support from Prussia (named after Friedrich the Great), used from 1744 onwards. It is a simple hall with three-sided border. It has a roof turret with bells and on the north side is connected to the former school house and rectory of the Reformists. To the south is the “red house”, the town house from 1624, today the evangelical community centre.

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Liebfrauenkirche

The Liebfrauenkirche stands in the middle of the original Liebfrauenmilch vineyards. It is an important late Gothic building which was finished in 1465.
The famous Liebfrauenmilch wine takes its name from the Liebfrauenkirche. The original Liebfrauenmilch is still cultivated around the Liebfrauenkirche.

Luther Church (Lutherkirche)

This church was finished in 1912 using plans from Prof. Friedrich Pützer with strong echoes of the Darmstadt Art Nouveau style. It is a hall with a single nave, altar and pulpit. Interior from Varnesi, Habich, Riegel.

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St Magnus’ Church (Magnuskirche)

Originally a Carolingian one-roomed church in the 8th/9th Century. The foundations show both Romanesque and Gothic extensions (in the position of the tower) as well as renovations following the destruction of 1945. The former parish church near Andreasstift became the starting point of the evangelical movement in Worms in 1521 and counts as one of the oldest evangelical churches in south west Germany.

St Martin’s Church

Chapter church of the Martinsstift whose buildings have almost completely disappeared. It is a buttress basilica with three naves and a straight chancel. Architectural forms from the 12th Century. Up until the 15th Century, it was a burial place for the Kämmerer family of Worms, named von Dahlberg, whose courts lay nearby in the Kämmererstrasse.

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St Paul's Chapter Church / Dominican Monastery

The chapter church with its cloister serves today as a Dominican monastery (1881-1928 museum). In 1016, on the place of the former ancestral home of the Salians, Bishop Burchard erected a Romanesque buttress basilica with three naves but no transept. Contrary to other collegiate churches, the chancel is closed on five sides in typical late Romance form. West building with octagonal dome (13th century) and two older stone-roofed round towers (oriental influence).

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