Münster (deu)

Münster

Münster ranks 577th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Regensburg, Alkmaar, and Hamilton, Ontario. The most famous people from Münster are Heinrich Brüning, Kurt Gerstein, and Carl Schuhmann. The most famous people who died in Münster are Raisa Gorbacheva, Johann Georg Hamann, and Clemens August Graf von Galen. Münster has been the birth place of many athletes, and writers and the death place of many politicians, and mathematicians. Münster is located in Germany.

Münster is an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and the historic capital of the Westphalia region, as well being the centre of a state district. During the Protestant Reformation, Münster was the location of the Anabaptist rebellion. Münster and Osnabrück were the sites of the signing of the Treaties of Westphalia which ended the Thirty Years' War in 1648. Today, it is known as the bicycle capital of Germany. Read more on Wikipedia