The choir area was originally separated from the rest of the cathedral by a rood screen and side barriers, almost a small building within the cathedral building.

This separation is no longer present: under the crossing is the altar island, which protrudes slightly into the nave at the western end.
It was (re)designed by the artist Emil Stephan in 1956, along with the choir and the apse, where the bishop's throne is located.
The baroque high altar was removed from the apse.
The current high altar is made of sandstone.
It supports vitrines, displaying 14th century statues of the apostles from the reliquary-shrine of the old baroque high altar.

The altar island is next to the choir space and is marked off from the nave by a suspended wooden crucifix (the Triumphal cross) and by the two arms of the east transept.
The choir area was originally separated from the rest of the cathedral by a rood screen and side barriers, almost a small building within the cathedral building.
This separation is no longer present: under the crossing is the altar island, which protrudes slightly into the nave at the western end. It was (re)designed by the artist Emil Stephan in 1956, along with the choir and the apse, where the bishop's throne is located. The baroque high altar was removed from the apse. The current high altar is made of sandstone. It supports vitrines, displaying 14th century statues of the apostles from the reliquary-shrine of the old baroque high altar.
The altar island is next to the choir space and is marked off from the nave by a suspended wooden crucifix (the Triumphal cross) and by the two arms of the east transept.
Münster Cathedral