City: Worms is a town in the German
Federal State of Rhineland-Palatinate, situated on the Rhine.
The history of the city goes so far back in time that the
city competes with the cities of Trier, Augsburg and Cologne
for the title "Oldest city in Germany". The city
was founded by the Celts under the name of Borbetomagus (Country
of the Borbet). The Romans called the city Civitas Vangionum
or settlement of the Vangiones. The Vangiones were a Germanic
tribe. What is interesting is that the inhabitants of Worms
in the 16th century called themselves Vangiones. Worms numbers
82,040 inhabitants today(2008).
