Münster

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Not to be confused with Munster.
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Münster (Münster dialect: Mönster, Dutch: Munster, Frisian: Múnster, Template:Lang-osx, (Latin: Monasterium) is the historical capital of Westphalia and belongs now to the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

About 308,000 people live there. There is an airport and a university.

Münster was very powerful in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. The Westphalian Peace was signed in Münster.

Münster Media

  • Photo of the Prinzipalmarkt in 1900

  • Photo of part of the Prinzipalmarkt area around St. Lambert's church in 1945

  • Gerard ter Borch: Dutch envoy Adriaan Pauw enters Münster around 1646 for the peace negotiations resulting in the Peace of Westphalia (Stadtmuseum Münster).

  • Bronze model of Münster's city centre

  • Picture of the Aasee and some boats, without lots of trees, traffic signs, sparsely covered bodies or recognisable faces included

  • Münster administrative districts. The darker parts represent the built-up areas of the city.

  • Bicycle parking station, located at the Hauptbahnhof

  • Market Square Münster, Centre

  • Pablo Picasso Museum Münster, popular for sightseeing tours

  • Signal-Iduna-Building, Servatiiplatz

References

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Media related to Münster at Wikimedia Commons





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