St. Lamberti Church, Münster

At the northern end of Münster's Prinzipalmarkt, St. Lamberti Church rises in yellow Baumberg sandstone, its openwork spire reaching 90.5 meters above the square. Funded by local merchants and citizens, construction began in 1375, creating a late Gothic hall church with vaulted ceilings supported by octagonal piers.

High on the tower's south face hang three wrought-iron cages. Following the suppression of the Anabaptist rebellion, the bodies of Jan van Leiden, Bernhard Knipperdolling, and Bernhard Krechting were displayed inside them in 1536. When the leaning medieval tower was replaced in 1887–1898, the cages were rehung on its neo-Gothic successor. Surviving wartime damage, they have been illuminated by three small lights since 1987 as a memorial to peace and human dignity.

The church also bears traces of Münster's political history. Its Gothic stonework and sculpted portals surround an interior associated with Clemens August Graf von Galen, who served as pastor here from 1919 to 1933. As Bishop of Münster, he publicly condemned Nazi persecution and the regime's euthanasia policies in 1941.

St. Lamberti maintains a civic watch tradition dating to 1379. Every evening except Tuesday, the tower keeper sounds a brass horn every half-hour between 9:00 PM and midnight, continuing a centuries-old practice of watching over the city.