(13th century) St Martin's Church (Martinskirche) (13th century) Liebfrauenkirche (15th century) Luther Monument (Lutherdenkmal) (1868) (designed by Ernst Rietschel) ShUM city of Worms, UNESCO World Heritage Site Rashi Synagogue and Mikvah Jewish Museum in the Rashi-House Jewish Cemetery Nibelungen Museum, celebrating the Middle High German epic poem Das Nibelungenlied (The Song of the Nibelungs) Magnuskirche, the city's smallest church, which possibly originates from the eighth century Twin towns – sister cities Worms is twinned with: Auxerre, France Bautzen, Germany Mobile, Alabama, United States Ningde, China Parma, Italy St Albans, England, United Kingdom Tiberias, Israel Notable people Samuel Adler (1809–1891), German-American Reform rabbi Curtis Bernhardt (1899–1981), film director John Derst (1838–1928), baker Marvin Dienst (born 1997), German racing driver Hans Diller (1905–1977), classical scholar specializing in Ancient Greek medicine Ferdinand Eberstadt (1808–1888), textile merchant and mayor of Worms Ludwig Edinger (1855–1918), anatomist and neurologist Saint Erentrude, or Erentraud ( 650–710), virgin saint of the Roman Catholic Church Hans Folz (1435/1440–1513), notable medieval author Friedrich Gernsheim (1839–1916), composer, conductor and pianist Florian Gerster (born 1949), politician (SPD), former chairman of the Federal Employment Agency Petra Gerster (born 1955), television journalist (ZDF) Johann Nikolaus Götz (1721–1781), poet Siegfried Guggenheim (1873–1961), lawyer, notary and art collector Isaac ben Eliezer Halevi (died 1070), French rabbi Heribert of Cologne ( 970–1021, archbishop-elector of Cologne and Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empıre Timo Hildebrand (born 1979), footballer Richard Hildebrandt (1897–1951), politician in Nazi Germany and member of the Reichstag executed for war crimes Hans Hinkel (1901–1960), journalist and Nazi cultural functionary Hanya Holm (1893–1992), choreographer, dancer, educator and one of the founders of American Modern Dance Vladimir Kagan (1927–2016), furniture designer Solomon Loeb (1828–1903), American banker and philanthropist Meir of Rothenburg (1215–1293), rabbi and poet Conrad Meit (or Conrat Meit) (1480s–1550/1551), Renaissance sculptor, mostly in the Low Countries Minna of Worms (died 1096), influential Jewish citizen, victim of the Worms massacre (1096) Rashi (Shlomo Yitzhaki; 1040–1105), rabbi, studied in the Worms Yeshiva in 1065–1070 Juspa Schammes (1604–1678), caretaker of the Worms Synagogue and writer Alica Schmidt (born 1998), track and field athlete, fitness coach Hugo Sinzheimer (1875–1945), legal scholar, member of the Constitutional Convention of 1919 Hermann Staudinger (1881–1965), organic chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1953 Rudi Stephan (1887–1915), composer Monika Stolz (born 1951), politician (CDU), Member of Landtag Baden-Württemberg since 2001 Ida Straus (1849–1912), wife of Isidor Straus, voluntarily remained with husband on board the RMS