Today I was in the Münster of Freiburg As you can imagine, Münster churches are bigger
than regional churches. And when you know of the size of the Cologne Dom or the Ulmer
Münster, you will probably know of their size also. Is the Frauenkirche in Munich also very
big, the Münster of Freibug is a lot larger. As cameras aren’t liked inside, I used my iPhone…

Please keep in mind that the quality may by far not compete with a real digital lens reflection camera but I think, the pictures may give you an idea of what I am speaking of.

If you enter the Münster, this building fulfills you with quite a lot of reverence and respect to the people who built these large churches with bare hands, rather unmodern methods and materials and most of it, it is the more impressive that these buildings have withstood almost 800 years. The Münster of Freiburg has even surpassed World War I where lots of houses in Freiburg have been destroyed by bombs of the allied forces, that attacked Germany therein.

Also I took the challenge to step up the 256 steps up to the tower platform of where you have a gorgeous view upon Freiburg. The other steps up lead to the bells that are widely heard over wohle Freiburg.
The mechanical clock that keeps the big tower clocks just at the right time is also a masterpiece of it’s own and may impress you with the art it acts when a quarter hour has passed and the pell has to be rung.

But just look at the pictures and have the impressions work on you and you will soon understand why the Münster of Freiburg is a very impressive building that will be also visited by Pope Benedict XVI. between September 24^th and September 26^th

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