Most important, among more than a hundred Imperial Diets held at Worms, the "Reichstag" of 1521 (commonly known as "the" Diet of Worms) ended with the Edict of Worms in which Martin Luther was declared a heretic after refusing to recant his religious beliefs.
Tudi zato je Worms mesto, ki je gostilo več pomembnih dogodkov v zgodovini Svetega rimskega cesarstva.