Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Münster, Germany

The Epiphany Church is a church of the Protestant Church of the Redeemer in Münster, Germany. It was built between 1961 and 1963 according to designs by Hanns Hoffmann and inaugurated in June 1963.

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St. Martini is one of the oldest Roman Catholic sacred buildings in the Westphalian Minster under the patronage of St. Martin and was built around the 1180s. It is located on the corner of Martinistraße and Neubrückenstraße near the theatre.

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Theater Münster is a municipal theatre in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, for plays and music theatre. When it opened in 1956 it was regarded as the first new theatre building in Germany after World War II. It integrates some ruins of the former theatre and musical school destroyed in the war.

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The Apostle Church in Münster is the main Protestant church in the city. It is located in the northern part of the historic old town, about halfway between St. Lamberti and the promenade belt. It was built as a monastery church of the Franciscans and is the first Gothic church building in Münster. From 1517 the Apostle Church was the monastery church of the Minorite monastery.

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The German Student Dormitory (DSH), also known as Breul and formerly Burse, is one of the oldest student dormitories in the Westphalian university city of Münster, Breul 23. It was built in 1928 according to plans by Hans Ostermann, and since March 17, 1986, the façade of the building has been a listed building.

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The Kreuzschanze is a green area and former ski jump on the northern edge of the city center of Münster in Westphalia on the promenade at the level of the former Kreuztor. It was built together with the redoubts at the Hörstertor and Servatiitor between 1648 and 1660 and is the only one that has been preserved in its full dimensions. Originally, it was additionally protected by a moat, which is still preserved in the form of two small ponds. Directly southeast of the redoubt is the Buddenturm as the last surviving tower of the former city fortifications. A little west of the Kreuzschanze on Kleimannstraße stands a batardeau.

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The St. Johannes Chapel in Münster is a small Gothic church building on the Breul in the northwest of the historic old town. It belongs to the Protestant Apostle Church congregation and is used by various groups and denominations for divine services in a special form.

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The Observantenkirche is a church building in the old town of Münster on the corner of Schlaunstraße, Rosenstraße. Until the abolition of the monastery in 1811, it was the monastery church of the Franciscan Observants. The Observant Church is the property of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and is today the Protestant University Church and Concert Church of the Protestant Theological Faculty of the University of Münster.

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Überwasserkirche is the common name of a Gothic hall church in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is a Liebfrauenkirche, dedicated to St. Mary. Officially St. Marien Überwasser, it is also called Liebfrauen-Überwasser. The name literally means "church beyond the water" and describes the location as on the other side of the Aa river, looking from the Münster Cathedral. It was inaugurated as part of an educational Stift in 1040, which later became the University of Münster.

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The Ketteler Curia on the Cathedral Square in Münster was built between 1712 and 1716 by the master builder Lambert Friedrich Corfey. The builder was Vicar General Nikolaus Hermann von Ketteler zu Harkotten, who decided in 1711 to build a curia on his property. The building still belongs to the Episcopal General Vicariate and is used as a residential building and archive. In the immediate vicinity of the Episcopal Palace, it forms a magnificent ensemble in the cathedral courtyard.

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The episcopal palace or the episcopal courtyard at Domplatz 27 in Münster is the residence of the Bishop of Münster and the seat of the episcopal general vicariate.

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The Archaeological Museum of the University of Münster in the "Fürstenberghaus" on the Cathedral Square in Münster primarily serves the Institute of Classical Archaeology and Early Christian Archaeology of the University for teaching and research purposes. In addition, it offers the public an insight into the subject area of archaeology and shows working methods and research findings. The focus of the exhibition is on exhibits from Greek antiquity.

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The Geomuseum of the University of Münster in the Westphalian Münster has been based in its exhibition since the opening in 1824. Since it was the only museum in Westphalia for more than 150 years with a noteworthy collection of fossils, many extraordinary finds came to Münster, which are exhibited in the museum and stored in the archive. In many cases, the sites are no longer accessible or exploited, so that some exhibits have a significant scientific value.

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St. Petri, also Petrikirche, is a Catholic church in Münster, Germany. As the church of the former Jesuit College, St. Peter's Church is the nucleus of the University of Münster. It is located not far from the cathedral in the university grounds between the Fürstenberghaus, the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Catholic Theology on the Aa and today serves as the church of the Catholic Student and University Community of Münster (KSHG) and as the school church of the Paulinum Grammar School. Because of the good acoustics, the church is considered a preferred space for sacred concerts; in addition, St. Peter's Church is very much appreciated as a wedding church.

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Münster Castle is the former residence of the prince-bishops in the Westphalian city of Münster. The baroque three-winged complex was built between 1767 and 1787 on behalf of Maximilian Friedrich von Königsegg according to a design by Johann Conrad Schlaun. The staircase, the banqueting hall and the court chapel were particularly noteworthy. Since 1954, it has served as the seat of the University of Münster.

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The Botanischer Garten Münster is a botanical garden maintained by the University of Münster.

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The Tuckesburg is located on a small hill on the edge of the old zoo in Münster between Promenade, Himmelreichallee and Hüfferstraße. It was the home of Hermann Landois, built in 1892, where he lived from 17 March 1892 with his monkey "Lehmann" until his death. He had it built according to his ideas right next to the Zoological Garden he founded. There he called himself "Earl Tucks".

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The Lukaskirche in Münster is a Protestant church in the west of the city, near the Coesfelder Kreuz traffic junction. Its silhouette is visible from afar next to the buildings of the university hospitals. Just 50 years after its construction, St. Luke's Church was registered as an architectural monument.

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