Worms, Germany - home of my Oma & Opa, where I used to come visit
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- Worms is one of the oldest and most historic of Germany cities, but more than that, it was also the home of my beloved grandparents (meine Oma and Opa), whom I visited there as a child.
This was my first trip back in over 55 years; they have passed on and I began my visit by going to their beautiful gravesite @ Hauptfriedhof Worms aka Friedhof Hochheimer Hohe which you can read about more here:
www.findagrave....
We then did several walkabouts, which included Ludwigsplatz where there is a statue/oblelisk to Ludwig V and then the nearby memorial to Martin Luther, a major leader in the Protestant Reformation. The memorial is the largest Martin Luther Memorial in the world & you can read more about it here:
gohistoric.com/...
Last, but not least, we visited the ancient Niebelungen Bridge - it happened to be closed for repairs, so we were not able to walk underneath it through the archway of the giant tower. Of course, all of Worms is mentioned in the famous Nibelung Legend, involving Siegried and Brunhilde. There are whimsical dragon statues all over the city to remind everyone of the legend and also includes a statue of Hagen throwing the jewels into the Rhein (Rhine River) - it is down by the beautiful promenade along the river.
Since I was only around 8 at the time, a lot of the sights are only vague memories to me, but the emotions came back of spending time with my beloved grandparents.
Mine lived there too.
Nice video! I am also a son of Worms, now in the USA. I am fortunate to visit every couple of years to renew memories from so long ago. Thank you for sharing.
You are very welcome - thanks for sharing your memories.
Thank you for sharing this video. I too lived in Worms when I was a child back from 1958-1960 when I was 6-8 years old. My father was an American soldier stationed at a base somewhere around Worms. I remember This beautiful city very well and the Tower going over the bridge.
Thanks so much for your comments. Small world isn't it? We actually lived in the Stuttgart area at the time, first in Scharnhausen (now known as Ostfildern) and then my favorite, Ludwigsburg (I have videos up of those two places as well). We moved to the U.S. in 1957, my dad was also an American soldier, my mother German. I didn't really start speaking English until we moved to the states. It was very emotional for me to re-visit, since I knew both of my grandparents back then but unable to attend the funeral for either one at the time they passed on.
My father served at the Taukkunen Barracks in Worms around 1959
What a beautiful video. Now I am homesick again. Thank you so much for sharing
horstb29 Thank you very much for your comments.
I enjoyed your video as I have being to worms 3times while my son had his year out of university at the high school I fell in love and will return one day
+Neil Midge Thank you so much for commenting; it is appreciated. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Worms is where my mom is from and my Oma and Opa.
Me too.
I'm homesick now as well.
Guten morgen herr Watson, wie geht es dir? das video ist sehr nett . Der Vaterland ist erstaunlich.. Servus Germany! The German army from WW2 were impressive.. Nice memories of Mom and Dad?
Your video is under my fav's Herr Watson.