Citadel of Munster

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Citadel of Munster
Plan drawing of the citadel, made by Johann Conrad Schlaun

The citadel of Münster was a bastion fortification in Münster .

history

Prince-Bishop Christoph Bernhard von Galen built the citadel from April 1661 to May 1662. In the shape of a pentagon , it protected both from external enemies and from the city's population. The western flank of the city wall from the time of the Staufer had to be removed. In order to connect the city with the fortress, the northern and southern course of the wall were extended to the citadel. This was the first city expansion since the city wall was built. Between the citadel and the city, what was later to become the Schlossplatz (Münster) , which served as an esplanade . The "large square" was later called Neuer Platz or Neuplatz . In the citadel there were troop quarters, stables , stores , an armory and a chapel . In 1662 450 horsemen were stationed on it. The citadel was only used in the Seven Years' War and came under heavy fire in 1759. Due to the height of its walls and the location in front of the city, it was ideally suited for fireworks .

The razing of the citadel took place after the end of the war in 1764 under Prince-Bishop Maximilian Friedrich von Königsegg-Rothenfels . From 1767 the Prince-Bishop's Castle of Münster, begun by Johann Conrad Schlaun , was built here. The former bastions of the citadel are still clearly visible in the aerial photo. Was built on the site of the Citadel 1784, the star-shaped, by a moat lined palace gardens, the Botanical Garden Munster .

See also

Web links

literature

  • Alfred Pohlmann: The place between walls and ramparts. The esplanade in front of the citadel . In: Schlossplatz - Hindenburgplatz - Neuplatz in Münster. Plenty of space for 350 years . Workbook of the LWL Monument Preservation, Landscape and Building Culture in Westphalia, No. 11 , 2012, p. 39-46 .
  • Barbara Rommé and Bernd Thier: Today's Schlossplatz. The problem of the inconsistency of the name for a seemingly unique place . In: Schlossplatz - Hindenburgplatz - Neuplatz in Münster. Plenty of space for 350 years . Workbook of the LWL Monument Preservation, Landscape and Building Culture in Westphalia, No. 11 , 2012, p. 5-12 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Pohlmann, p. 39 ff.
  2. ↑ See Rommé / Thier, p. 6 f.
  3. ↑ See Pohlmann, p. 42 f.

Coordinates: 51 ° 57 ′ 56.4 "  N , 7 ° 36 ′ 30.5"  E