Muenster Hotels

Munster is an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region and it is also capital of the government region Regierungsbezirk Munster. It is most well known as the location of the Anabaptist rebellion during the Protestant Reformation, as the site of the signing of the Treaty of Westphalia ending the Thirty Years' War in 1648 and as bicycle capital of Germany. Munster gained the status of a Grobstadt with more than 100,000 inhabitants in 1915. Currently there are around 270,000 people living in the city, with about 48,500 students of whom only a part are reflected by the official population statistics having their primary residence in Munster. Munster's economy is mainly based on service companies and public administrations. Additionally, Munster is seat of eight universities and colleges as well as important courts such as the constitutional court and the higher administrative court for North Rhine-Westphalia. Founded in 793 by Frisian Ludger, who gained episcopal consecration as the first bishop of the diocese Munster in 805. His successors held power over the largest clerical territory within the Holy Roman Empire until 1803.