Münster
City in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Also known as Munster · Muenster
- Country
- Germany(since 1871)
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- , Kingdom of Prussia(1813–1871)
- , France(1811–1813)
- +3 more
- Germany(since 1871)
- Located in
- Münster Government Region(since 1815)
- Population
- 306,368(December 31, 2025)
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- , 308,258(December 31, 2024)
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Sources- 1.Stated in register of German municipalities (2024)Retrieved 2026-06-29
- , 322,904(December 31, 2023)
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Sources- 1.Stated in register of German municipalities (2023)Retrieved 2024-11-16
- +10 more
- 306,368(December 31, 2025)
- Area
- 303.28 km²(2016)
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Sources- 1.destatis.de/DE/ZahlenFakten/LaenderRegionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Administrativ/Aktuell/05Staedte.html
- 2.“Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2018 (4. Quartal)”destatis.de/DE/ZahlenFakten/LaenderRegionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Administrativ/Archiv/GVAuszugQ/AuszugGV4QAktuell.htmlRetrieved 2019-03-10
- , 302.89 km²
- 303.28 km²(2016)
- Elevation
- 60 m
- Head of government
- Tilman Fuchs(since 2025)
- , Markus Lewe(2009–2025)
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- Postal code
- 48143–48167
- Website
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
174 statements · 29% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Twinned administrative body
- Lublin(since 1991)
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Sources- 1.stadt-muenster.de/international/staedtepartnerschaften/lublin
- 2.lublin.eu/lublin/wspolpraca-miedzynarodowa/miasta-partnerskie-i-zaprzyjaznione/mnster,9120,w.html
- 3.stadt-muenster.de/international/staedtepartnerschaften
- 4.lublin.eu/lublin/wspolpraca-miedzynarodowa/miasta-partnerskie-i-zaprzyjaznione/2,strona.html
- Vinnytsia(since 2023)
- York(since 1957)
- Mühlhausen/Thuringia(since 1990)
- Orléans(since 1960)
- Kristiansand Municipality(since 1967)
- Monastir(since 1969)
- Rishon LeZion(since 1981)
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- Lublin(since 1991)
- Local dialing code
- 0251
- 02501
- 02506
- 02533
- 02534
- 02536
- Short name
- Mue instance of: library location identifier
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- Mue instance of: library location identifier
- Native label
- Münster pronunciation audio: De-Münster.ogg
- Member of
- association for pedestrian and bicycle-friendly cities, townships and districts in North Rhine Westphalia(since 1993)
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Sources- 1.agfs-nrw.de/mitglieder/muenster.htmlRetrieved 2018-04-18
- 2.agfs-nrw.de/agfs-partner/unsere-mitgliederRetrieved 2026-04-14
- Climate Alliance(since 1995)
- Mayors for Peace(since 2012)
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Sources- 1.mayorsforpeace.org/english/membercity/map/europe.htmlRetrieved 2019-07-04
- Niedersächsischer Städtetag
- Städtetag Nordrhein-Westfalen
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- Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe
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Sources- 1.“Die Mitgliedskörperschaften des LWL”politik.lwl.org/de/vertreter-der-mitgliedskoerperschaften/Retrieved 2026-08-16
- association for pedestrian and bicycle-friendly cities, townships and districts in North Rhine Westphalia(since 1993)
- Official name
- Münster
- Hashtag
- Münster
- Muenster
- Geoshape
- Data:Deutschland/Nordrhein-Westfalen/Münster.map
On other databases
73 identifiers linking Münster across the web's reference databases
- Alvin IDalvin-place:1772
- ArchINFORM location ID410
- BHCL UUID80b700b9-1e34-4388-ab01-58938274535f
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID121627337
- Bluesky handlestadt-muenster.de
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDmunster-90
- Data Commons IDnuts/DEA33
- Dewey Decimal Classification2--435614
- Early Modern Letters Online location ID3ab21f9d-6321-47a2-8da3-b3b23c7fb3ab
- Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID154627
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Munster-Germany
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDmunster
- EU Knowledge Graph item IDQ2554401
- Facebook location ID112144845468135
- Facebook usernamestadt.muenster
- FactGrid item IDQ10428
- FAST ID1218991
- Freebase ID/m/0149mq
- GADM IDDEU.10.33_1
- GeoNames ID3247442
- German district key05515
- German municipality key05515000
- German regional key055150000000
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7004445
- GND ID4040608-8
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDMünster
- Great Russian Encyclopedia portal IDmiunster-05a056
- Grove Art Online IDT060381
- Harper's tagmunster
- HASCDE.NW.MN
- Hikr waypoint ID81852
- Historical Gazetteer (GOV) IDMUNTERJO31TX
- IdRef ID030154189
- INaturalist place ID108253
- ISNI0000000122541172
- J9U entity ID987007562001505171
- Kallías IDKS00022012
- Klexikon article IDMünster_in_Westfalen
- Klimadashboard.de region IDbd3c288c-a9db-457a-8dcf-8b4e369a7c25
- KSW place ID78655
- Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID8523
- Latin Place Names IDm/monasterii-westphaliae
- Lex IDMünster
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn82040141
- Mindat locality ID216075
- Museum-digital place ID891
- MusicBrainz area ID38693e55-f5d3-4dc5-99af-debd2a8c1c87
- National Historical Museums of Sweden IDgeo/3F89A36E-D53E-4476-A943-B7378C0ED15E
- National Library of Israel ID (old)000991660
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN IDXX456915
- National Library of Wales Authority IDmunster
- NL CR AUT IDge130135
- Numista ruling authority ID6171
- NUTS codeDEA33
- NWBib IDQ2742
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3944406
- Open Library subject IDplace:münster_in_westfalen_(germany)
- OpenStreetMap relation ID62591
- OSM Name Suggestion Index IDstadtmunster-1fea76
- Pinakes city ID401
- Provenio UUIDdca54bbc-5533-4dea-8e16-5fbc87cd9efb
- Quora topic IDMünster-Germany
- SBN place IDMUSL002358
- SNARC IDQ47923
- Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri IDgeografico/1202244
- SPAP IDp/22ea6063-4f7a-48f9-96ac-f5167a8f299a
- Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae IDO3N32QI6NFGU3LPK466ER5W7N4
- UN/LOCODEDEMSR
- VIAF cluster ID132447077
- Who's on First ID101913895
- World Historical Gazetteer place ID14155947
- WorldCat Entities IDE39PBJwmQqdQwyWCvRxQMggR8C
- Yale LUX IDplace/a805f7d0-9660-4428-b645-b59041f34727
