A building with history
The approximately 140-year history of the Worms department store is like a roller coaster ride through German history: moving from luxury goods and the economic miracle to the confiscation of Jewish assets and property, bomb attacks in 1945, determined reconstruction, the reopening of the building in 1952 through to end of the department store era in 2019 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Redevelopment of the building into a mix of residential and commercial space will allow us to add a new chapter to the history of the development of Worms' city center, and we hope that it will also be long-lived.