Deutschland, Stadt Worms, Notgeld, 1918 AD.,
5 Pfennig (21 mm / 3,48 g), Eisen,
Obv.: 19 - 18 , beiderseits des Stadtwappens von Worms: (weißer, eigentlich silberner) Schlüssel (auf rotem Grund) mit fünfzackigem Stern.
Rev.: 10 PFG. / STADT / WORMS A. RH. , dreizeilig, rechts Weintrauben mit Blättern.
Funck 613.3 .
Worms is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Rhine River. At the end of 2004, it had 85,829 inhabitants.
Established by the Celts, who called it Borbetomagus, Worms today remains embattled with the cities Trier and Cologne over the title of "Oldest City in Germany." Worms is the only German member of the Most Ancient European Towns Network.
Today the city is an industrial centre include chemicals and metal goods.
Worms is one of the major sites where the events of the ancient German Nibelungenlied took place.
Worms' name is of Celtic origin: Borbetomagus meant "settlement in a watery area". This was eventually transformed into the Latin name Vormatia that had been in use since the 6th century, which was preserved in the Medieval Hebrew form Vermayza (ורמיז×). Many fanciful variant names for Worms exist only upon the title pages of books printed when Worms was an early centre of printing: for instance William Tyndale's English translation of the New Testament was printed at Worms in 1526.