The two Romanesque west towers appear identical at first sight.
The roofs of the towers are shaped like pyramids and clad in copper (since 1725).
However, this does not appear to have been their original form.
Before the baptist rule in 1534/5, the spires seem to have been clad in lead and were clearly higher – the Baptists threw down the spires, just as they did to the tower of the Überwasserkirche.
The two Romanesque west towers appear identical at first sight. The roofs of the towers are shaped like pyramids and clad in copper (since 1725). However, this does not appear to have been their original form. Before the baptist rule in 1534/5, the spires seem to have been clad in lead and were clearly higher – the Baptists threw down the spires, just as they did to the tower of the Überwasserkirche.
Münster Cathedral