The tower is the only one of its type to be completed during the middle ages ([https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freiburger_M%C3%BCnster](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freiburger_M%C3%BCnster)). Other famous gothic churches in Germany that were finished during the 19th century, like in Münster, took inspiration from it. The tower has spent around 10 years in renovation after a stone got loose and fell onto the marketplace, but now it’s again open to visit.
It also miraculously survived the bombing of the city in late 1944: the story says that as an easily visible landmark, it was to be the main target for the bombing of the city and flares were dropped onto it. However, the wind displaced them and while one side of the city was bombed, the other side burned in the fire with the Münster staying more or less intact in the middle of the destroyed city. The story is not mentioned on the wiki page of the big Freiburg bombing, so it’s probably just a legend.
Several dozen people took refuge in a house 2-3 meters from the building, probably thinking that either God would protect them or that the british wouldn’t bomb the Münster, but to no avail. The house has not been rebuilt and the patch is a memorial.
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The tower is the only one of its type to be completed during the middle ages ([https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freiburger_M%C3%BCnster](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freiburger_M%C3%BCnster)). Other famous gothic churches in Germany that were finished during the 19th century, like in Münster, took inspiration from it. The tower has spent around 10 years in renovation after a stone got loose and fell onto the marketplace, but now it’s again open to visit.
It also miraculously survived the bombing of the city in late 1944: the story says that as an easily visible landmark, it was to be the main target for the bombing of the city and flares were dropped onto it. However, the wind displaced them and while one side of the city was bombed, the other side burned in the fire with the Münster staying more or less intact in the middle of the destroyed city. The story is not mentioned on the wiki page of the big Freiburg bombing, so it’s probably just a legend.
Several dozen people took refuge in a house 2-3 meters from the building, probably thinking that either God would protect them or that the british wouldn’t bomb the Münster, but to no avail. The house has not been rebuilt and the patch is a memorial.