What is Münster?
{{Distinguish|Munster}} {{Foreignchar|ü|Muenster}} {{Infobox German Location |Name = Münster |Art = City |image_photo = MuensterPanorama2856alt.jpg |image_caption = Panorama of Münster |Wappen = DEU Münster COA.svg |image_flag = Flagge der kreisfreien Stadt Münster (Westfalen).svg |coordinates = {{coord|51|58|N|7|38|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |Bundesland = North Rhine-Westphalia |Regierungsbezirk = [[Münster Government Region|Münster]] |Kreis = urban |Amt = |Gemeindeverwaltungsverband = |Samtgemeinde = |Verbandsgemeinde = |Verwaltungsgemeinschaft = |Verwaltungsverband = |Höhe = 60 |Fläche = 302.89 |Einwohner = 272106 |Stand = 2006-12-31 |pop_ref = <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.lds.nrw.de/statistik/datenangebot/Regionen/amtlichebevoelkerungszahlen/rp5_dez06.html | title=Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW }}</ref> |PLZ = 48143-48167 |Vorwahl = 0251<br /><small>&nbsp;02501&nbsp;(Hiltrup,&nbsp;Amelsbüren)<br />&nbsp;02506&nbsp;(Wolbeck,&nbsp;Angelmodde)<br />&nbsp;02533&nbsp;(Nienberge)<br />&nbsp;02534&nbsp;(Roxel)<br />&nbsp;02536&nbsp;(Albachten)</small> |Kfz = MS |Gemeindeschlüssel = 05 5 15 000 |Gliederung = 6 ''[[Stadtbezirk]]e'' |Website = {{url|http://www.muenster.de/}} |Bürgermeister = Markus Lewe |Bürgermeistertitel = Oberbürgermeister |Partei = [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]] |ruling_party1 = CDU |ruling_party2 = FDP |year = 793 }} '''Münster''' (Münster dialect: ''Mönster'', [[Dutch language|Dutch]]: ''Munster'', [[Frisian language|Frisian]]: ''Múnster'', {{lang-osx|Mimigernaford}}, ({{lang-la|Monasterium}}) is the historical capital of [[Westphalia]] and belongs now to the [[States of Germany|state]] of [[North Rhine-Westphalia]]. About 270,000 people live there. There is an [[airport]] and a [[university]]. Münster was very powerful in the [[Middle Ages]] and the [[Renaissance]]. The [[Westphalian Peace]] was signed in Münster. == References == <references/> ==Other websites== {{Commons-inline|Münster}} {{Cities in Germany}} {{Hanseatic League}} {{north rhine-