Münster – DEA33

EU regions: Germany > North Rhine-Westphalia > Münster Government Region > Münster

Indicator	Period	Value
Gross domestic product
GDP per capita in PPS of EU average	2022	161

More on wikipedia wikidata Q2742 on OpenStreetMap Münster slovensky: DEA33

Demographics

Indicator	Period	Value
Demographics
number of inhabitants	2024	307 071
population density	2023	1013.7
old-age dependency ratio	2024	26.7

From Wikipedia:

Münster (, also US: , German: [ˈmʏnstɐ] (listen); Low German: Mönster; Latin: Monasterium, from the Greek μοναστήριον monastērion, „monastery") is an independent city (Kreisfreie Stadt) in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also capital of the local government region Münsterland. Münster was the location of the Anabaptist rebellion during the Protestant Reformation and the site of the signing of the Treaty of Westphalia ending the Thirty Years' War in 1648. Today it is known as the bicycle capital of Germany.

Münster gained the status of a Großstadt (major city) with more than 100,000 inhabitants in 1915. As of 2014, there are 300,000 people living in the city, with about 61,500 students, only some of whom are recorded in the official population statistics as having their primary residence in Münster.

History

Early history

In 793, Charlemagne sent out Ludger as a missionary to evangelise the Münsterland. In 797, Ludger founded a school that later became the Cathedral School. Gymnasium Paulinum traces its history back to this school.

Other: Münster Government Region, Gelsenkirchen, Münster, Borken, Bottrop, Recklinghausen, Steinfurt, Warendorf District, Coesfeld

Neighbours: Warendorf District, Steinfurt, Coesfeld

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: Europe and its regions in numbers - Münster – DEA33, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/​PDEA33, ISBN: 978-80-970204-9-1, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.10200164

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