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Since 1816, Pinkus Müller
Brewery is still serving its spe-
cial recipe. Photo courtesy Pi-
kus Müller

wallpaper, and comfy sofas and chairs, arranged so you feel as IF YOU GO
though you're socializing with friends in a living room--a popular
spot to relax and listen to music. It's said that Münster boasts 90
churches—and 900 pubs! Münster Marketing: www.tourism.muenster.de
And then there's “the girl in the tower.” Musician Martje Salje, Historic Highlights of Germany: www.historicgermany.com
35, has had the most unique job since January 2014: For six nights Germany Tourism information: www.germany.travel
a week (Tuesdays excepted), she carries on the tradition—since We stayed at the centrally located, family-run Hotel Feldmann, which
1383—of keeping watch over Münster from the tower of St. Lam- has a great restaurant: www.hotel-feldmann.de
bert's. The only female in Münster to have this position as Tower We also dined at Altes Gafthaus Leve, Münster's oldest restaurant (since
Watchwoman (called a Türmerin), she certainly doesn't need to 1607):
work out at the gym: Each evening she climbs 300 steps (which www.gasthaus-leve.de
takes her 15 minutes) to her “office.” At 8:30 p.m., she checks in St. Lambert's church: www.st-lamberti.de/en/
with the local fire department, then every 30 minutes from 9 p. m.
to midnight she blows a brass horn, announcing to all below that St. Paul's Cathedral: www.paulusdom.de/start/
there are no fires or invading armies to report, and that “all is well.” The Pablo Picasso Museum: www.kunstmuseum-picasso-muenster.de/
In between horn blows, she reads, writes, checks the Internet, or index.php?id=46&L=1
plays her guitar. The Sculpture Project (next one is June 10 to Oct. 1, 2017): www.bienni-
alfoundation.org/biennials/skulptur-projekte-muenster/
“She loves her job, she does it with all her heart,” said Stadt-
baumer. “Münster has kept up with this tradition from the 14th- Pubs:
century--with only a small gap during the war. In the early days Pension Schmidt: www.pensionschmidt.se
when the watchman would sit in the tower to watch the city, to Stuhlmacher (since 1890): www.gasthaus-stuhlmacher.de
make sure he didn't fall asleep, every half-hour he had to sound Blaue Haus: www.blaue-haus-muenster.de
the horn.” And so the tradition continues, with Münster's first fe- Toddenhoek: http://www.toeddenhoek.de/
male Türmerin. Ziege: www.alteziege.de
Adds Stadtbaumer with a smile: “Martje's officially our high-
est state official! Cavete: www.muenster-cavete.de
Pinkus Müller: www.pinkus.de/

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