The term Würm is derived from a river in the Alpine foreland, approximately marking the maximum glacier advance of this particular glacial period.
The retreat of the Rhine glacier (at the end of the Würm ice age) occurred as a number of melting and stationary phases, which are conventionally divided into nine stages.
Würm | Theophil Wurm |
The town coat of arms depicts the worm (English: worm, dragon), German: Worms, Wurm as in Tatzelwurm, Lindworm).