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Münster
Panorama of Münster
Panorama of Münster
Flag of Münster
Flag
 Coat of arms of Münster
Coat of arms
Country Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region Münster
District Urban district
Founded 793
Subdivisions 6 Stadtbezirke
Elevation
60 m (200 ft)
Population
 (2019-12-31)
 • Total 315,293
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
48143-48167
Dialling codes 0251
 02501 (Hiltrup, Amelsbüren)
 02506 (Wolbeck, Angelmodde)
 02533 (Nienberge)
 02534 (Roxel)
 02536 (Albachten)
Vehicle registration MS
Website www.muenster.de

Münster is the historical capital of Westphalia and belongs now to the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It has about 270,000 inhabitants, an airport and a university. Münster was very powerful in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. The Westphalian Peace was signed in Münster.



Images for kids

  • Muenster1

    Photo of the Prinzipalmarkt in 1900

  • MuensterPrinzipalmarkt1945

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

  • MuensterPrinzipalmarkt09

    Prinzipalmarkt, 2005

  • EinzugdesGesandten AdriaenPauw

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

  • ModellMünster

    Bronze model of Münster's city centre

  • A picture of the Aasee

    Münster's Lake Aa

  • Muenster (Westfalen) Stadtbezirke

    Münster administrative districts – the darker parts represent the built-up areas of the city

  • Muenster's parking building for bicycles

    Bicycle parking station, located at the Hauptbahnhof

  • Market Square Münster

    Market Square Münster, Centre

  • Pablo Picasso Museum Münster

    Pablo Picasso Museum Münster, popular for sightseeing tours

  • Signal-Iduna-Building Münster (crop)

    Signal-Iduna-Building, Servatiiplatz

  • Muenster Schloss 4256

    Main administration building of WWU

  • Schlossgarten Münster 2013

    Botanic Garden

  • Krameramtshaus Münster

    Krameramtshaus

  • Germany, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Münster (1), Erbdrostenhof

    Erbdrostenhof Palace, birthplace of Blessed Mary of the Divine Heart

  • Münster's town museum

    City Museum Münster

  • Münster, LVM, -Villa Kunterbunt- -- 2013 -- 5149-51

    Headquarters LVM Insurance ("Villa Kunterbunt")

  • Promenade Muenster 2013

    "Promenade" in the summer

  • Droste-Hülshoff 2

    Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, 1838

  • Maria Droste zu Vischering

    Maria Droste zu Vischering

  • Ketteler, Wilhelm Emanuel

    Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler, bishop of Mainz

  • GuntherPlaut

    Gunther Plaut

  • MuensterRathausSendschwert2800

    Symbolic sword, old city hall

  • Münster - Hauptbahnhof (2)

    Hauptbahnhof, Centre

  • Entrance to the underground bicycle station Münster oppsite the railway station

    Entrance bicycle station opposite the old railway station

  • Muenster Promenade 6457

    Promenade in autumn

  • Marienplatz Münster 2013

    Marienplatz Münster Centre

  • Former Apollo cinema Münster

    Old Apollo cinema, Marienplatz

  • Münster's municipal theatre

    Münster's municipal theatre

  • Public library Münster

    Public Library, Centre

  • County Museum Münster

    Landesmuseum Münster

  • LVA Muenster

    LVA (State Social Insurance Board) Münster-Nord

  • Messecentrum Münster

    Trade Fair Centre Münster

See also

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