Wormser Hof (Heidelberg)
The Wormser Hof is a historic building in the old town of Heidelberg .
The Wormser Hof was first mentioned in a document in 1409 as the town house of the Worms bishops . From 1442 to around 1610 the property served as the city residence of the Provost of Worms, who was automatically also Chancellor of Heidelberg University. Ludwig von Ast appears as the first cathedral provost and chancellor to live here in this capacity. As guests of the bishop, electoral chancellor and curator of the University of Johann XX. Various important humanists from Dalberg stayed here in the second half of the 15th century, including Rudolf Agricola . In 1616 the building passed into electoral ownership. In the following years the Renaissance portal , which is still visible today, was built .
After the end of the Thirty Years War earned Lord Craven 's house, what is at as an English House was designated. The cinema harmony, which was housed from 1956 to 2013 in the Worms court had its name from the civil society harmony that had in the 19th century the court in possession. The small square on the north side of the house was created through the demolition of the baroque neighboring house in 1959 and was given the name Theaterplatz due to the urban stage adjoining the square in the west .
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Coordinates: 49 ° 24 ′ 40.7 " N , 8 ° 42 ′ 14" E