St. Lamberti's Church was built in 1375 as a market and citizens' church in Münster's centre and is one of the most important sacred buildings of the Westphalian late Gothic period. Since 1379, a burgher's horn has been blown here several times each evening by a burgomaster.
The church is also known for its three iron baskets attached to the tower: the three bodies of the leaders of the Anabaptist kingdom of Münster were displayed in them in 1536.
Guided toursThe Kirchenfoyer Münster offers a guided tour of the various churches in the city centre every Wednesday at 3 pm. In addition to a lot of historical background, the tours impart knowledge about liturgical and religious meanings of the respective buildings.
The tours start every Wednesday at 3 pm from the church foyer, Salzstraße 1, 48143 Münster, Tel.: 39998450, and are free of charge. Exact destinations are announced in the monthly programme of the Kirchenfoyer.
The church building
On the site of today's Lamberti Church, a small church dedicated to Bishop Lambert was built around the year 1000. Since then, four churches were partly built and destroyed on this site before the foundation stone for today's (fifth) church was laid in 1375. Construction of the Gothic hall church ended in 1440, and the entire building was completed in 1525.