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Münster is well worth seeing: St. Lamberti's Church
Of Baptists and tower keepers
St. Lamberti's Church
St. Lamberti’s Market and Town Church is located where the Roggenmarkt (rye market) and Alter Fischmarkt (old fish market) lead to the Prinzipalmarkt. However, the hall church, which was built between 1375 and 1450, owes its high profile neither to the unusual relief of the Root of Jesse above the main portal nor to the fact that Cardinal von Galen preached his bold sermons here during the Nazi era, but rather to the gruesome history of the three cages attached to the spire. That’s because in the mid-16th century, the corpses of the Baptist movement leaders were hung here.
The tower keeper
St. Lamberti accommodates the “highest charge office“ in Münster, the Türmerstube (chamber of the tower keeper). A tower keeper is mentioned for the first time in records from 1481. After several interruptions, Münster has been employing a tower keeper again since 1950, whose copper bugle can be heard every night (9-12 p.m. on the half-hour, except Tuesdays).
Our tip: Do you worship Goethe and Schiller? In that case, you should have a very close look at the statues above the closed main portal of St. Lamberti from the Prinzipalmarkt!
St. Lamberti's Church
Lambertikirchplatz
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- www.st-lamberti.de
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