Munster (disambiguation)

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Munster refers to many things, primarily place names of which the best-known are the Irish province Munster and the German city Münster.

Note that in German the letters u and ü are distinct and are pronounced differently. According to German typesetting conventions, if no diacritics are available the letter "ü" is denoted by "ue".

Contents 1 Places 1.1 Australia 1.2 Austria 1.3 Canada 1.4 France 1.5 Germany 1.6 Ireland 1.7 South Africa 1.8 Switzerland 1.9 USA 2 People 3 Other 4 See also

[edit] Places

[edit] Australia

• Munster, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth

[edit] Austria

• Münster, Tyrol, a town in the district of Kufstein in Austria

[edit] Canada

• Munster, Ontario, a neighbourhood in Ottawa
• Muenster, Saskatchewan, a village in central Saskatchewan

[edit] France

• Munster, Haut-Rhin, a town in Alsace, France
• Munster, Moselle, a village in Lorraine, France

[edit] Germany

• Münster, a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, where the Peace of Westphalia was signed
  • Münster (region), a Regierungsbezirk of North Rhine-Westphalia, surrounding the above city
  • Bishopric of Münster, a Roman Catholic diocese and former state of the Holy Roman Empire also in this area
• Münstertal, Black Forest, a village in Germany
• Münster, Hesse, a village in Germany
• Munster, Lower Saxony, a town in Germany
• Münster, Bavaria, a town in the district of Donau-Ries
• Neumünster, a town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

[edit] Ireland

• Munster, the southernmost province of Ireland, comprising the counties of Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford
  • Munster (European Parliament constituency)

[edit] South Africa

• Munster, KZN, a town on the south coast of Kwazulu Natal, South Africa

[edit] Switzerland

• Münster, Valais, a municipality in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
• Münster or Müstair, a village in Graubünden, Switzerland, in the Val Müstair

[edit] USA

• Munster, Indiana
• Muenster, Texas
• Munster Township, Pennsylvania, a locality in Cambria County

[edit] People

• Georg, Count zu Munster, a German paleontologist
• Sebastian Münster, a German cartographer

[edit] Other

• Munster (cheese), a variety of cheese originating in Alsace, France
• Muenster cheese, a similarly named, but different, cheese made in America
• The Munsters, a U.S. television series
• Royal Munster Fusiliers, referred to as the Munsters, a British Army regiment from Ireland disbanded in 1922
• Munsterlander, a breed of dogs
• M.V. Munster, a series of passenger ferries
• Munster Rugby, one of four branches of the Irish Rugby Football Union, and is responsible for rugby union in the Irish province of Munster
• Munster Senior Football Championship, Gaelic Athletic Association inter county competition.
• Munster Senior Club Football Championship, Gaelic Athletic Association club competition.

[edit] See also

• Minster