What Makes Münster a Unique City? Münster, a city in northwestern Germany, is renowned for its bike-friendly streets, prestigious university, and cultural importance. This vibrant city is home to more than 30 museums that cover a wide range of topics, from art and science to history and technology. Münster's old town is a great place to explore and discover its unique culture. The province of Munster (Mumhain in Irish) corresponds almost exactly to the former Kingdom of Munster, which existed from the 4th to the 12th century.
Munster is particularly famous for its traditional Irish music and harp musicians. In sports, Munster excels in rugby and hurling. Most of Ogham's early medieval inscriptions in Old Irish are found in Munster, especially in County Kerry. A historic university city, Münster is the capital of Westphalia and has a skyline shaped by the Romanesque and Gothic towers of its medieval churches. For hundreds of years, until 1801, the city was governed by a Catholic prince-bishopric.