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The '''Zwinger''' in the [[Westphalia]]n city of [[Münster (Westfalen)|Münster]] is part of the old city fortifications from the [[Early Modern Period]]. In the [[Nazi era]] it was both a [[gaol]] and a [[Gestapo]] [[place of execution]] and was heavily damaged by allied [[airstrike|air raid]]s. Since its conversion to a memorial the Zwinger has belonged to the Münster City Museum (''Stadtmuseum Münster'') and is home to the sculpture ''Das gegenläufige Konzert''. |
The '''Zwinger''' in the [[Westphalia]]n city of [[Münster (Westfalen)|Münster]] is part of the old city fortifications from the [[Early Modern Period]]. In the [[Nazi era]] it was both a [[gaol]] and a [[Gestapo]] [[place of execution]] and was heavily damaged by allied [[airstrike|air raid]]s. Since its conversion to a memorial the Zwinger has belonged to the Münster City Museum (''Stadtmuseum Münster'') and is home to the sculpture ''Das gegenläufige Konzert''. |
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* [http://www.muenster.de/stadt/museum/zwinger.html The Zwinger on the website of the town museum] |
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* [http://www.muenster.de/stadt/skulpturen/zr_flash.html Panorama (with sound of the metal hammers)] |
* [http://www.muenster.de/stadt/skulpturen/zr_flash.html Panorama (with sound of the metal hammers)] |
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* [http://www.7grad.org/Exkursionen/Muenster/Zwinger/zwinger.html History and photographs of the Zwinger] |
* [http://www.7grad.org/Exkursionen/Muenster/Zwinger/zwinger.html History and photographs of the Zwinger] |
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Latest revision as of 15:50, 9 April 2021
The Zwinger in the Westphalian city of Münster is part of the old city fortifications from the Early Modern Period. In the Nazi era it was both a gaol and a Gestapo place of execution and was heavily damaged by allied air raids. Since its conversion to a memorial the Zwinger has belonged to the Münster City Museum (Stadtmuseum Münster) and is home to the sculpture Das gegenläufige Konzert.
References
[edit]- Rebecca Horn: Der Zwinger in Münster. W. König Verlag, ISBN 3883756474
- Max Geisberg: Die Bau- und Kunstdenkmäler von Westfalen, Vol. 41: Die Stadt Münster Teil 1: Die Ansichten und Pläne, Grundlage und Entwicklung, die Befestigungen, die Residenzen der Bischöfe. Aschendorff, Münster, 1976, ISBN 3-402-05090-0
- Barbara Rommé (ed.): Der Zwinger : Bollwerk, Kunstwerk, Mahnmal. Aschendorff, Münster, 2007, ISBN 978-3-402-12732-2
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