This is the first church we saw. It was built in 1175. The architecture in all of these churches was amazing. However, during World War 2 the whole city was bombed and all of these churches were nearly destroyed. They were all rebuilt using the same design with the debris left from the old building.
The church below has an interesting story. It is right in the middle of the shopping district in downtown Munster. The buildings on each side of the street are full of stores. If you look closely at the picture on the left you can see three cages just above the clock. When anyone would speak out against the Catholic church they would be beaten and then hung in these cages for everyone to see. It is a practice they still do today for those who break the law (not really!)
This is a picture of the inside of the above church. The architecture and detail on the inside is absolutely amazing. Everything is hand carved and the windows are hand made.
The picture below is of a Catholic cathederal. A cathederal is different than a church because it is much larger and has more meetings. This cathederal is the fourth largest in Germany. Just like the other churches, it was destroyed in WW2 and rebuilt afterwards with the debris from the old building.
The picture on the right is the inside of the cathedral above. The one on the left is an astronomical clock that was made in the early 1500s. Apparantly it was way ahead of its time for technology because it shows the position of the planets and the sun. Also, everyday at noon figurines of the three wisemen come out little doors in the top and bow to a figurine of baby Jesus.
We were able to see a lot of cool stuff today. We also were able to try some German food and it was really good.
