Münster - Centre of Baroque Beauty
Münster owes its name and its monumental St. Paul's Cathedral to the Frisian missionary, who also founded the monastery known as ‘Monasterium'.
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Facts
- Population 280.000 inhabitants
- Area 302.79 sq. km
- Most liveable city worldwide in 2004 (LivCom-Award) which is presented by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)
- Most cycle friendly city in Germany
Must Sees
Hall of Peace (Old Town Hall) - it was here that parts of the Westphalian Peace agreement were completed at the end of the Thirty Years’ War in 1648.
The "Baroque Island": The St Clement’s Church rotunda with its Baroque gardens in the old town centre, the Erbdrostenhof (city residence of the hereditary stewards of Münster) and the Dominican Church with a Roman baroque facade and an octagonal cupola.
St Paul’s Cathedral which is in the heart of the city and built in the 13th century during the period from Romanesque to Gothic.
The Lake Aa and the All-seasons Zoo with the brand-new Westphalian Equestrian museum.
The Residence built by Johann Conrad Schlaun which hosts the Westphalian-Wilhelms University (55.000 students altogether).
How to get there
- Main Train Station Münster
- Motorway (A1 / B3 Münster-Nord, Münster-Süd and A43 Münster-Süd)
- International Airport Münster / Osnabrück (FMO)
