Episcopal Palace (Münster)

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The Episcopal Palace or the Episcopal Court on Domplatz 27 in Münster is the residence of the Bishop of Münster and the seat of the Episcopal Vicariate General.

history

The architect of this building, erected in 1732, cannot be clearly identified. Today, however, the majority assume that it is Peter Pictorius the Elder. J. , or Lambert Friedrich Corfey . It was initially used as a cathedral mechanic. The bishop's apartment has been in the palace since 1825. During the air raid on Münster on October 10, 1943 between 3:03 p.m. and 3:18 p.m., 20,000 bombs fell on the city and the palace was also hit. The then Bishop Clemens August Graf von Galen was just about to put on a cassock and a Rochett so that he could be at the cathedral on time for the afternoon Vespers. During the first detonations on the second floor, he jumped into the sturdy door frame. Seconds later, the ceiling of his living room came down.

"A terrible crash, walls falling, beams and planks hitting and splintering - then came a dark night full of dust."

- Heinrich Portmann

The bishop had slipped down unharmed over heaps of rubble and sloping beams, except for a few scratches. The palace, which then as now is also the vicariate general, was severely damaged. In the bishop's office, the entire furniture, his books, a lot of written material, two shepherds' wands and the Vinnenberg image of grace that stood there for protection were lost. The bishop himself had to move to the seminary at the Überwasserkirche. After the heavy destruction, the building was rebuilt in simpler forms; only the side wings were exactly reconstructed by the architect Eberhard-Michael Kleffner . The grid to cordon off the courtyard was made by Johann Conrad Schlaun and survived the Second World War unscathed.

literature

  • Wilhelm Rave (Hrsg.): Architectural and art monuments of Westphalia. Volume 41: The City of Münster. Volume 2: The cathedral immunity, the market, the town hall. Stenderhoff, Münster 1933.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 75 years ago large bombing raid on Münster and the cathedral In: Kirche + Leben . October 9, 2018.
  2. ^ Heinrich Portmann: Cardinal von Galen: A man of God of his time, Münster 2016, ISBN 3402035057 , p. 48

Coordinates: 51 ° 57 '47.1 "  N , 7 ° 37' 26.4"  E