Editing Münster (section)

===Geographic position===
[[File:EinzugdesGesandten AdriaenPauw.jpg|thumb|[[Gerard ter Borch]]: Dutch envoy [[Adriaan Pauw]] enters Münster around 1646 for the peace negotiations resulting in the [[Peace of Westphalia]] (Stadtmuseum Münster)]]
Münster is situated on the river [[Münstersche Aa|Aa]], approximately {{convert|15|km|0|abbr=off}} south of its confluence with the [[Ems (river)|Ems]] in the so-called [[Westphalian Lowland|Westphalian Bight]], a landscape studded with dispersed settlements and farms – the "Münsterland". The [[Wolstonian Stage|Wolstonian]] [[Sedimentary rock|sediments]] of the mountain ridge called "Münsterländer Kiessandzug" cross the city from north to south. The highest elevation is the Mühlenberg in the northwest of Münster, 97&nbsp;metres [[Above mean sea level|above sea level]]. The lowest elevation is at the Ems, 44&nbsp;m [[Above mean sea level|above sea level]]. The city centre is 60&nbsp;m above sea level, measured at the [[Prinzipalmarkt]] in front of the historic city hall.

The Dutch city of [[Enschede]] lies about {{convert|65|km|0|abbr=on}} northwest of Münster. Other major cities nearby include [[Osnabrück]], about {{convert|44|km|0|abbr=on}} to the north, [[Dortmund]], about {{convert|61|km|0|abbr=on}} to the south, and [[Bielefeld]], about {{convert|62|km|0|abbr=on}} to the east.

Münster is one of the 42 [[Urban agglomeration|agglomeration areas]] and one of Germany's biggest cities in terms of area. But it includes substantial sparsely-populated rural districts which were formerly separate local government authorities until they were [[Amalgamation (politics)|amalgamated]] in 1975. Thus nearly half the city's area is agricultural, resulting in a low population-density of approximately 900 inhabitants per km<sup>2</sup>.
[[File:ModellMünster.jpg|thumb|Bronze model of Münster's city centre]]
[[File:A picture of the Aasee.jpg|thumb|Münster's Lake Aa]]