Munster (disambiguation)

Münster, Muenster or Munster refer primarily to place names of which the best-known are the Irish province Munster and the German city of Münster.

Places

Australia

• Munster, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth

Austria

• Münster, Tyrol, a town in the district of Kufstein in Austria

Canada

• Munster, Ontario, a neighbourhood in Ottawa
• Muenster, Saskatchewan, a village in central Saskatchewan

France

• Munster, Haut-Rhin, a town in Alsace, France
  • Munster (cheese)
• Munster, Moselle, a village in Lorraine, France

Germany

Münster

• Münster, a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, where the Peace of Westphalia was signed
  • Münster (region), a Regierungsbezirk of North Rhine-Westphalia, surrounding the above city
  • Münsterländer (disambiguation), two breeds of dogs
  • Münsterland Giro bicycle race
  • Roman Catholic Diocese of Münster, a bishopric
  • Prince-Bishopric of Münster, a former state of the Holy Roman Empire

• Münstertal, Black Forest, a village in Germany
• Münster, Hesse, a village in Germany
• Münster, Bavaria, a town in the district of Donau-Ries
• Neumünster, a town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Munster

• Munster, Lower Saxony, a town in Germany, site of military installations
  • Truppenübungsplatz Munster, Munsterlager and Deutsches Panzermuseum

Ireland

• Munster, the southernmost province of Ireland, comprising the counties of Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford
  • Munster (European Parliament constituency)

South Africa

• Munster, KZN, a town on the south coast of Kwazulu Natal, South Africa

Switzerland

• Münster-Geschinen, a municipality comprising Münster, Valais, in the canton of Valais
• Münster or Müstair, a village in Graubünden, in the Val Müstair (Münstertal)
• Beromünster, Luzern

USA

• Munster, Indiana
• Muenster, Texas
• Munster Township, Pennsylvania, a locality in Cambria County

People

• Arno Münster (born 1956), German politician (SPD)
• Ernst Friedrich Herbert zu Münster (1766-1839), German statesman in the service of the House of Hanover
  • Georg Herbert zu Münster (1820-1902), German statesman
• Count Georg zu Münster, German paleontologist
• Jan van Munster (born 1939), Dutch artist
• Reinhard Münster (born 1955), German film director
• Sebastian Münster (1488-1552), a German cartographer
• Sebastian Münster (actor) (born 1971), German actor

Other

• Münster, German equivalent of Minster (church)
• Munster (cheese), a variety of cheese originating from Munster, Alsace, France
• Muenster cheese, a similarly named, but different, cheese made in America
• The Munsters, a U.S. television series
• Royal Munster Fusiliers, referred to as the Munsters, a British Army regiment from Ireland disbanded in 1922
• Münsterländer (disambiguation), two breeds of dog
• Münsterland Giro bicycle race
• M.V. Munster, a series of passenger ferries
• Munster Rugby, one of four provincial branches of the Irish Rugby Football Union, and also the professional rugby team operated by this body
• Munster GAA, one of the four provincial councils of the Gaelic Athletic Association
• Munster Senior Football Championship, Gaelic Athletic Association inter county competition
• Munster Senior Club Football Championship, Gaelic Athletic Association club competition

See also

• Münsterlingen, a village in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland
• Münsterschwarzach, a Benedictine abbey in Lower Franconia, Germany
• Bad Münstereifel, a spa town in the Eifel region of Germany