Münster

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city independent city in Germany

Münster is a historic city in western Germany known as one of the principal sites where the Peace of Westphalia treaties were negotiated and signed, ending the Thirty Years' War in 1648.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Münster administrative region 1
Münster, Germany 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
independent city in Germany ⓘ
areaCode 0251 ⓘ
climate oceanic climate ⓘ
coordinateLocation 51.962°N 7.625°E ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
elevation 60 metres ⓘ
foundedBy Liudger ⓘ
foundedIn 8th century ⓘ
hasCityRightsSince 1170 ⓘ
hasLandmark Aasee (lake) ⓘ
Erbdrostenhof ⓘ
Historic Town Hall of Münster ⓘ
Kiepenkerl statue ⓘ
Lamberti Church ⓘ
Prinzipalmarkt ⓘ
Schloss Münster ⓘ
Münster Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: St Paul’s Cathedral (Münster Cathedral)
hasUniversity Münster University of Applied Sciences ⓘ
University of Münster NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicallyPartOf Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
knownFor Peace of Westphalia ⓘ
bicycle-friendly infrastructure ⓘ
historic old town ⓘ
university city status ⓘ
locatedIn North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
western Germany ⓘ
locatedOn Münsterländer Bucht ⓘ
River Aa ⓘ
memberOf Deutsche Städtetag ⓘ
partOf Münsterland ⓘ
surface form: Münster region

Westphalia ⓘ
population approximately 315000 ⓘ
postalCode 48143–48167 ⓘ
timeZone Central European Summer Time ⓘ
Central European Time ⓘ
treatySignedHere Treaty of Münster between Spain and the Dutch Republic ⓘ
surface form: Treaty of Münster (1648)

Treaty of Münster between Spain and the Dutch Republic ⓘ
twinTown Enschede NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lublin ⓘ
Orléans ⓘ
Rishon LeZion, Israel ⓘ
surface form: Rishon LeZion

York ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode MS ⓘ
warEndedByTreatiesSignedHere Eighty Years' War ⓘ
Thirty Years' War ⓘ
wasBishopricSeatOf Prince-Bishopric of Münster ⓘ
wasSiteOf Peace of Westphalia ⓘ
surface form: negotiations of the Peace of Westphalia

signing of treaties ending the Thirty Years' War ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Münster Cathedral → city → Münster ⓘ
Westphalia → contains → Münster ⓘ
Westphalia → historicalCapital → Münster ⓘ
subject surface form: Cathedral Chapter of Münster
Münster Cathedral → locatedIn → Münster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Münster, Germany
Ahaus → partOf → Münster ⓘ
this entity surface form: Münster administrative region
von Galen → placeOfActivity → Münster ⓘ
subject surface form: Clemens August Graf von Galen
Raisa Gorbacheva → placeOfDeath → Münster ⓘ
subject surface form: Bernhard von Galen
Bombing Bernard → residence → Münster ⓘ
subject surface form: Bernhard von Galen