Münster | Germany | Prinzipalmarkt | Week 34

Münster, founded in 793 when the missionary Liudger founded a monastery here, lies 200 km east of Amsterdam and 400 km west of Berlin. It is the 10th largest city in the state of Northrhine-Westfalia, but also the 20th largest city of Germany.

Population: 313.000 [2017] | 259.000 [1990] | 120.000 [1930] | 64.000 [1900]

 

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Münster Leinwand Prinzipalmarkt Rathaus

For classic view:

Prinzipalmarkt Münster Architektur

Also in our archive, the opposite side of Prinzipalmarkt (german link):

Prinzipalmarkt Münster Giebelhäuser

Düsseldorf | Germany | Königsallee | Week 12

Düsseldorf [Dutch: Dusseldorp], founded in 12th century, got city rights in 1288, lies on the shores of the Rhine, 30 km north of Cologne and 170 km east of Brussels, 2nd largest city in the Bundesland Nordrhein Westphalen (Northrhine-Westphalia), 7th largest in Germany and 66th largest in europe.

Population: 605.000 (2014) | 576.000 (1990) | 478.000 (1930) | 214.000 (1900)

Düsseldorf is the capital of the german Bundesland Northrhine-Westphalia and a centre of the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area. A newly founded city of the 12th century it was named after the small river Düssel which flows into the Rhine here. It became the residence city of the Duchy of Berg in the 14th century. Today Düsseldorf is an important trade fair city and economic centre in germany. It is also well known for its carnival and its art academy (the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf).

Here we have one block along the west side of the Königsallee in Düsseldorf. Locally nicknamed the „Kö“, the street is one of the main luxury shopping streets of germany. This however is its so called „quiet side“, with mainly banks and hotels residing, instead of shops. The street is also known for its landscaped canal, lined with large old sycamore trees, running along the old site of the cities fortifications.

Visit our archive for other streetline panoramas from the Bundesland Northrhine-Westphalia.

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Kö Königsallee Düsseldorf Ansicht View

For classic view and further details visit the archive (for english link click here):

Düsseldorf Kö Königsallee luxury shopping

In our archive other streets from Düsseldorf have been documented, including the Kurze Strasse, the Mittelstrasse or the market square amongst others. A finnished panorama of the media harbour has been published to our archive before (english link):

Medienhafen in Düsseldorf, Germany