Kreuzschanze
The Kreuzschanze is a green area and former ski jump on the northern edge of the city center of Münster in Westphalia on the promenade at the level of the former Kreuztor . It was built together with the Schanzen am Hörstertor and Servatiitor between 1648 and 1660 and is the only one that has been preserved in its full dimensions. Originally, it was also protected by a moat, which has been preserved in the form of two small ponds. Directly southeast of the ski jump is the Buddenturm as the last remaining tower of the former city fortifications.
The conversion into a green area did not take place until the late 19th century, after the city wall and fortifications were razed around 1770 . The Cologne gardening director Adolf Kowallek and the Münster city councilor and honorary citizen Adolf Kleimann were responsible for the redesign .
At the Kreuzschanze, monuments were erected in honor of deserving artists and scholars of the city, for example for Annette von Droste-Hülshoff , Julius Otto Grimm and Bernard Altum . As the monument to the latter was destroyed, it was replaced by a symbolic monument in the shape of an owl.
Coordinates: 51 ° 58 ′ 3 ″ N , 7 ° 37 ′ 20 ″ E