It has a very complicated name and drew my attention mostly because of the special shape of its tower: the Liebfrauen-Überwasserkirche at Münster in Westfalen, Germany. It seems to be less important than the other churches in the city center and its name refers to Maria, the mother of Jesus on the one hand and on the other hand to the geographical situation that you have to cross the water of the river Aa (‘Überwasser‘, over the water) when coming from the cathedral of the city.
The first church on these grounds was opened in the year 1040 CE. It hosts the graves of the nobility family Droste zu Hülshoff which you might know by the poet and componist Annette Freiin Droste zu Hülshoff who was depicted on the banknote worth 20 German marks. Her most often read work is ‘Die Judenbuche‘ (the Jew’s beech). She is not buried here but at Meersburg close to the Lake Constance.
Liebfrauen-Überwasserkirche
Überwasserkirchplatz 4
48143 Münster in Westfalen
Germany
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