Überwasserkirche

Überwasserkirche (German pronunciation: [yːbɐˈvasɐˌkɪʁçə]) is the common name of a Gothic hall church in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

[2] The name literally means "church beyond the water" and describes the location as on the other side of the Aa river, looking from the Münster Cathedral.

On 20 July 1941, Clemens August Graf von Galen delivered a famous sermon against the Nazi regime at the Überwasserkirche.

The church was the burial place of members of the Droste zu Hülshoff [de] family and of the Baroque builder Johann Conrad Schlaun in 1773.

Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von Furstenberg was buried at the Überwasserfriedhof; since 21 October 1929 his grave has been in the cemetery of the canons of St. Paul's Cathedral in Münster.

On 20 July 1941, Clemens August Graf von Galen, then bishop of Münster, delivered the second of his three famous sermons against the Nazi regime in the Überwasserkirche, titled "We are the anvil, not the hammer" ("Wir sind der Amboss, nicht der Hammer").

Aerial view of Überwasserkirche
Interior