Worms Antiquities Association
The Worms Antiquities Association is a non-profit history association founded in 1879 and also a recognized monument preservation organization . Together with the city's cultural institutions from the city archive , the museum in the Andreasstift and the city library , he devotes himself to researching the history of the city of Worms , the Wormsgau and the former diocese of Worms . The association's publication organ is the scientific journal Der Wormsgau, which has been published since 1929 .
history
The Worms Antiquities Association was founded on July 14, 1879 on the initiative of the members of the city council and the members of the Historical Association for the Grand Duchy of Hesse who live in Worms .
At the suggestion of Maximilian von Heyl , the antiquity association founded a history museum in the Pauluskirche in 1881 , which showed exhibits from antiquity to the Middle Ages . Overall, the founding phase of the association was strongly influenced by the Heyl zu Herrnsheim family . In 1883 Maximilian von Heyl handed over his private collection of Luther and Reformation writings as well as Luther letters to the association's own museum, thereby establishing the “Luther Library” of the city's scientific library. In 1906 the Antiquities Association handed over the Paulus Library, founded together with the Paulusmuseum, to the city of Worms, and in 1928 the Paulusmuseum also became the property of the city. In 1930 the museum moved to the Andreasstift.
During the National Socialist era , the association was integrated into the cultural program of the Third Reich. During the war, however, the club's work was gradually stopped. In 1947, a formal re-establishment was necessary under the French occupation authorities.
In 1979 the association was recognized as a monument preservation organization by the state of Rhineland-Palatinate . In 2010 the association had 525 members.
In March 2015, the previously independent association “Wormser Lederindustrie” was accepted as a working group in the Worms Antiquities Association.
Publications
From 1902 to 1914 the Monday newspaper Vom Rhein appeared weekly as a supplement in the Wormser Zeitung . From 1956 to 1977 there was again a cooperation with the Wormser Zeitung, the Wonnegauer Heimatblätter appeared in it monthly .
The scientific journal Der Wormsgau has been published since 1926 , a joint effort by the ancient society, museum, library and archive.
Chairperson
| Surname | Term of office |
|---|---|
| Friedrich Heimburg | 1879-1883 |
| Wilhelm Küchler | 1883-1888 |
| Maximilian von Heyl | 1888-1921 |
| Cornelius Wilhelm Karl von Heyl zu Herrnsheim | 1921-1951 |
| Ludwig Cornelius Freiherr Heyl zu Herrnsheim | 1951-1962 |
| Friedrich Maria Illert | 1964-1966 |
| Leonhard Cornelius Freiherr Heyl zu Herrnsheim | 1966-1983 |
| Walter Hotz | 1983-1988 |
| Fritz Reuter | 1989-2004 |
| Josef Mattes | 2005– |
literature
- Georg Illert: 100 years of antiquity association Worms , in: Der Wormsgau 12, 1976–1978, pp. 13–80
- Fritz Reuter: Antiquities Association and Paul Museum. Aspects of the history of science, people and the city in Worms in the 19th century as a contribution to the centenary of the Museum of the City of Worms 1881–1981 , in: Der Wormsgau 13, 1979–1981, pp. 20–38
- Fritz Reuter: A worthy place for a historical association. Notes on the history of the Altertumsverein Worms e. V. and the “Altertumsvereinzimmer” in the Museum of the City of Worms , in: Der Wormsgau 25, 2007, pp. 191–210