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St. Jacobi, Münster
The church St. Jacobi was located south of Münster Cathedral in the Domplatz (Münster), Domplatz in Münster and served as the parish church for the laity who lived within the Domimmunität. The church is first mentioned in 1262. The building was heavily damaged during the Münster Rebellion, but was rebuilt after 1535. During the French period, the building was demolished in 1812 after the rejection of an alternative proposal to demolish the cathedral and expand St. Jacobi. The bells of St. Jacobi continue in use at in . According to a 1748 ground plan of the cathedral and cathedral district including St Jacobi by Johann Conrad Schlaun, Schlauns, St. Jacobi was an aisleless church, had three-Bay (architecture), bayed structure enclosed by rib vault, cross-vaults with a polygonal apse (: five segments of an octagon). On the south side of the church building was a fenced area whose purpose (graveyard?) is no longer clear. References Bibliography * Wilhelm Kohl (historia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Münster Um 1600
Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city#Germany, independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a Münster (region), state district capital. Münster was the location of the Münster Rebellion, Anabaptist rebellion during the Protestant Reformation and the site of the signing of the Treaty of Westphalia ending the Thirty Years' War in 1648. Today it is known as the bicycle capital of Germany. Münster gained the status of a ''Großstadt'' (major city) with more than 100,000 inhabitants in 1915. , there are 300,000 people living in the city, with about 61,500 students, only some of whom are recorded in the official population statistics as having their primary residence in Münster. Münster is a part of the international EUREGIO, Euregio region with more than 1,000,000 inhabitants (Enschede, Hengelo, Gronau, North Rhine- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
