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The cathedral in its present state is essentially a creation of the 13th century. Of particular note is the astronomical clock, a marvel of the late Middle Ages the calendar, which reaches into the year 2071 (carillon and revolving of the Magi, from Mondays to Saturdays at noon, on Sundays and holidays at 12.30 pm). A few steps away from the clock is the sepulchral chapel of Clemens August Cardinal von Galen, the “Lion of Münster”. Pope John Paul II prayed here in 1987. A memorial stone commemorates this event today. The cathedral treasury is also worth a visit. Twelve centuries of the cathedral’s art and culture are displayed here, making it one of the most eminent treasuries in Europe with its objects of goldsmithing and textile art (Tuesdays to Sundays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.).

All-Weather Zoo: Experience animals directly. The German zoo docu-soap “Pinguin, Löwe & Co.” made Münster’s zoo, the All-Weather Zoo (Allwetterzoo), famous across the country. The magazine "Stern" praised it in 2008 as being particularly worth seeing. No wonder, considering this zoo has so many special features.

The Lord's house beyond the Aa river The name of the church results from its former location outside of the city walls, beyond the Aa river (= across the waters of the Aa). Finished by 1340, the lofty, bright hall church features the mightiest gothic church spire throughout Westphalia, which was bereft of its roof by a hurricane in 1704, however. The splendid sculptures of the figure portal, that was destroyed by the Baptists, have been excavated in the Kreuzschanze and are now on display in the Westphalian State Museum.

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 cresting the main portal nor to the fact that Cardinal von Galen preached his bold sermons during the Nazi era here, but rather to the gruesome history behind the three cages up on the spire. That’s where the corpses of the three Baptist movement leaders were hung in the mid-16th century.