Wormser Ried

Wormser Ried is a nature reserve in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Wormser Ried is situated nearby to the locality Seniorwiese, as well as near Mittelbusch.

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Type: Nature reserve
Description: nature reserve in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Also known as: “Naturschutzgebiet Wormser Ried” and “NSG Wormser Ried”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Old Jewish cemetery “Holy Sand” and Worms Cathedral.

Old Jewish cemetery “Holy Sand”

Protected area

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The Jewish Cemetery in Worms or Heiliger Sand, in Worms, Germany, is usually called the oldest surviving Jewish cemetery in Europe, although the Jewish burials in the Jewish sections of the Roman catacombs predate it by a millennium.

Worms Cathedral

Church

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St Peter's Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church and former cathedral in Worms, southern Germany. The cathedral is located on the highest point of the inner city of Worms and is the most important building of the Romanesque style in Worms.

Worms Airfield

Aerodrome

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Worms Airfield is an aerodrome.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Worms and Bobenheim-Roxheim.

Worms

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Worms is a city in the Rhineland-Palatinate region of Germany. You can still see many vestiges of the old city walls, particularly the Torturmplatz and the Karolingerstraße.