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Practical Information
Road map: B3. * 280,000.
n Heinrich-Brüning-Straße 9
(0251-492 27 10). ( Wed & Sat.
_ Rosenmontagsfestumzug
(Carnival Mon), Jahrmarkt Send
(Mar, Jun & Oct), Euro-City-Fest
(May), Pfälzer Weinfest & Weinfest
im Schloßgarten (Aug), Barockfest
The Baroque-Classical Schloß, residence of Münster’s prince-bishops (Sep). ∑ tourismus.muenster.de
Transport
edifice was built around 1340– E Museum für Lackkunst £ Bahnhofstraße k Münster-
46, on the site of a Romanesque Windthorststraße 26. Tel (0251) 41 85 10. Osnabrück.
Benedictine church. Inside Open noon–8pm Tue, noon–6pm
are 16th-century votive Wed–Sun & public holidays. &
paintings by Lud ger and (except free Tue). = ∑ museum- T Mühlenhof
Hermann tom Ring. fuer-lackkunst.de Theo-Breider-Weg 1. Tel (0251) 98 12
This unique museum, set up 00. Open Mar–Oct: 10am–6pm daily;
+ Residenzschloß by BASF Coatings and devoted Nov–Feb: 11am–5:30pm Sat & Sun.
Schloßplatz 2. to lacquer ware, has a good &
This beautiful Baroque collec tion with beautiful items This interesting open-air museum
residence was built in 1767–87, from different eras and from is situated on the banks of the
by Prince-Bishop Maximilian across Europe, as well as Iran, Aasee, Mün ster’s lake and
Friedrich. It was designed India, China and Japan. recreation area. There are a
by Johann Conrad Schlaun, number of rural dwellings with
a local master of Bar oque authentic furnishings and two
architecture. Maximilian mills (17th and 18th centuries).
Friedrich started the redevelop-
ment of Münster in the + Drostenhof
northern Baroque style. On his Wolbeck, Am Steintor 5.
initiative the town acquired a Southeast of the town, in
large park, part of which was Wolbeck, is an ori ginal Renaiss-
trans formed into a botanical ance mansion from the mid-16th
garden in 1803. After World century. Its exquisite gate-house
War II, the castle was rebuilt leads into the court yard of the
and became the head quarters Windmill in the open-air museum mansion, which has original
of Münster university. in Mühlenhof fireplaces and ceiling paintings.

Münster City Centre
1 Erbdrostenhof
2 Rathaus VOSSGASSE BÜLT
3 Lambertikirche SPIEKERHOF
ALTER
4 Dom St Paulus TIMPEN Überwasser- MARKT FISCHMARKT Krameramtshaus
kirche
5 LWL Museum für Residenzschloss Dom Lamberti-
ROGGEN-
Kunst und Kultur St Paulus kirche MAURITZSTR.
6 Überwasserkirche DOMPLATZ MICHAELISPLATZ SALZSTRASSE ALTER STEINWEG
K R U M M E R T I M P E N B I S P I N G H O F und Kultur ROTHENBURG KLEMENS- Clemenskirche
7 Museum für Lackkunst LWL Museum PRINZIPALMARKT Rathaus E I S EN B A H N S T R .
fürKunst
Erbdrostenhof
STRASSE
Kunstmuseum
Flughafen
AEGIDIISTRASSE BREITE GASSE Pablo Picasso LOERSTR A S S E KLOSTERSTRASSE VON-VINCKE-STRASSE 20km (12 miles)
LUDGERISTRASSE
AEGIDIIKIR CH-
PLATZ
WOLBECK
Museum
für Lackkunst
GRÜNE GASSE
VERSPOEL B A H N H OF S TR .
K Ö N I G S S T R A S S E
Mühlenhof WINDTHORSTSTRASSE bahnhof
A M S T A D T G R A B E N
S C H Ü T Z E N S T R A S S E
Haupt-
SCHORLEMERSTRASSE ENGELSTRASSE
KANONENGRABEN
0 metres 300 LUDGERIPLATZ
0 yards 300
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