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Münster was the location of the Anabaptist rebellion during the Protestant Reformation and the site of the signing of the Treaty of Westphalia ending the Thirty Years' War in 1648. Today, it is known as the bicycle capital of Germany. Münster gained the status of a Großstadt (major city) with more than 100,000 inhabitants in 1915.
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Places. Münster, Tyrol, a town in the district of Kufstein...
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The Münster rebellion (German: Täuferreich von Münster,...
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Clemens Augustinus Emmanuel Joseph Pius Anthonius Hubertus...
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In 1780 the University of Münster (official name: German...
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Münster ist seit 1915 eine Großstadt, im Jahr 2014 überstieg seine Einwohnerzahl erstmals die Marke von 300.000 Personen. Mit 65.000 Studenten (2018) [2] gehört Münster zu den zehn größten Universitätsstädten Deutschlands. [3] Außerdem ist Münster durch sein fahrradfreundliches Stadtbild als Fahrradstadt bekannt.
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Mar 19, 2024 · Münster, city, North Rhine–Westphalia Land (state), western Germany. It lies on the small Münster-Aa River and the Dortmund-Ems Canal, northeast of Essen. The community was first mentioned as Mimigernaford (“Ford over the Aa”) when Liudger (Ludger), a missionary sent by Charlemagne, founded a bishopric there in 804.
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Münster (Münster dialect: Mönster, Dutch: Munster, Frisian: Múnster, Old Saxon: Mimigernaford, (Latin: Monasterium) is the historical capital of Westphalia and belongs now to the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. About 270,000 people live there. There is an airport and a university. Münster was very powerful in the Middle Ages and the ...
Münster was founded as a monastery in 794 by the Frisian missionary Saint Liudger to aid Charlemagne's campaign to gain control over the Saxons. The city's name is derived from the word "monastery" which can be seen from its Latin name of Monasterium. In 805, Münster was made a bishopric and, in 1170, it obtained its town rights.
