North Rhine-Westphalia: "Heaven's Ladder" will shine over Münster from September

Münster (dpa/lnw) - The city of Münster is expecting a spectacular work of art: from September 3, the 48-meter-high installation "Himmelsleiter" by the Viennese artist Billi Thanner is to hang on the Lambertikirche in the city center.

North Rhine-Westphalia: "Heaven's Ladder" will shine over Münster from September

Münster (dpa/lnw) - The city of Münster is expecting a spectacular work of art: from September 3, the 48-meter-high installation "Himmelsleiter" by the Viennese artist Billi Thanner is to hang on the Lambertikirche in the city center. This emerges from information published by the city of Münster for the Schauraum art festival (September 1 - 3). Several places in Münster will be transformed into stages and exhibition spaces.

The "Himmelsleiter" has been hanging on Vienna's St. Stephen's Cathedral since Easter 2021 and should be on display in and on the Lambertikirche until March 2023. The work of art has two parts: Inside the church hangs a 12 meter long part of the ladder with 21 rungs. Outside, the ladder is 36 meters long and has 33 rungs. On September 3rd, the glowing work of art will be switched on for the first time at 9:00 p.m.

The St. Lamberti town church on Prinzipalmarkt already has two tourist attractions. Things get eerie when the city guides tell the guests what the three iron cages at the top of the late Gothic tower are all about. In the middle of the 16th century, the corpses of three leaders of the Anabaptist movement were displayed at a lofty height as a deterrent. In the 16th century, the followers of the Christian Reformation movement were tortured to death with red-hot tongs. The cages are originals.

Second attraction is the tower of St. Lamberti. In the evening hours (except on Tuesdays) from 9 p.m. to midnight, it blows a half-hourly tact on a semi-circular copper horn. He is subordinate to the fire brigade in Münster, because he is also supposed to watch out for fires in Münster and the surrounding area. For a few years now, this task has been performed by a woman for the first time. The job 298 steps above the Prinzipalmarkt was first mentioned in a document in 1379.