Münster

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Münster (Münster dialect: Mönster, Dutch: Munster, Frisian: Múnster, Template:Lang-osx, (Latin: Monasteriumcode: la is deprecated ) 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

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