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Berner Münster is a Gothic Reformed cathedral on the southern side of Bern’s old town, above the Aare. It is Switzerland’s largest late-medieval religious building.

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Waarom gaan

Nog niet vertaald — in de oorspronkelijke taal.

  • The 100.6-metre tower is Switzerland’s tallest cathedral tower.
  • The Last Judgment figures were the Minster’s only statues to survive the Reformation’s iconoclasm.
  • The choir’s 15th-century stained-glass cycle is among Switzerland’s most important.
  • Switzerland’s first Renaissance choir stalls stand in the choir.

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Openingstijden

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donderdag10:00 – 17:00
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Niet missen

  • Last Judgment portalThe figures show the division between the wicked and the righteous. The portal has 47 replica statues and 170 original smaller figures.Central portal on the west façade, facing Münsterplatz.
  • Choir stained glassFind the Three Kings and Christ windows among the choir’s seven stained-glass windows. Dance of Death figures made by Niklaus Manuel date from 1516–1519.Choir.
  • Painted choir vaultLook up at the painted bosses and grotesques decorating the vault webs, painted by Niklaus Manuel and his workshop.Choir.
  • Main altarMade of black limestone from Saint-Triphon, the altar came from Lausanne Cathedral.
  • Tower viewing platformClimb 254 steps to the lower platform for views over Bern toward the Alps.Minster tower.

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  1. The Minster is a three-nave basilica with no transept.

    Bern Minster - Wikipedia
  2. Local sandstone forms most of the building, while its vaults are brick.

    Bern Minster - Wikipedia
  3. The tower’s lower octagonal section dates from the 16th century; its upper octagonal section was built in the 19th century.

    Bern Minster - Wikipedia

Shorts

Geschiedenis

Bern built the Minster as a symbol of its growing power, with the city and the Deutsche Orden as its builders.

  1. 1191A church probably stood on the site from Bern’s founding.
  2. 1356The Basel earthquake damaged the earlier church’s walls, arches and tower.
  3. 1421Construction began around the earlier Leutkirche, with Matthäus Ensinger as the first master builder.
  4. 1460–1480Erhart Küng carved the main portal and its figures.
  5. 1521Tower construction stopped at about 60 metres because of weak foundations, after a corner pillar began to sink.
Alles tonen
  1. 1528The Reformation halted construction, and the Minster became a Reformed place of worship.
  2. 1571Construction resumed after the interruption brought by the Reformation.
  3. 1893The tower was completed in a partly Neo-Gothic style, ending the centuries-long building project.

Tips voor je bezoek

  • Follow the Münsterplattform’s paths beneath lime and chestnut trees for views over the Matte district and the Aare.
  • Look for cracks still visible from the tower’s earlier subsidence.

Hoe kom je er

  • Te voetApproach the west façade from Münsterplatz, the forecourt where Herrengasse and Münstergasse meet. Münstergasse runs along the church’s north side.
  • Te voetThe Münsterplattform adjoins the church on its south side. A lift beside the choir descends toward the Aare.

Bronnen: Bern Minster - Wikipedia · Bern Minster - Wikipedia (part 2) · Bern Minster - Wikipedia (part 3) · Berner Münster - Wikipedia · Collégiale Saint-Vincent de Berne - Wikipedia · Cattedrale di Berna - Wikipedia · gecontroleerd op 26 sep 2026

Waar
Munsterplatz 1, Bern, 3000

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Vragen en antwoorden

Where are Berner Münster’s original life-size portal figures?

The original life-size figures are displayed at the Bernisches Historisches Museum. Copies replaced them after damage from 20th-century air pollution.

What organs does Berner Münster have?

The main organ stands on the gallery opposite the choir. Kuhn rebuilt it in 1999, reusing parts of its old Baroque case; its current four-keyboard setup dates from the 1998–1999 restorations. A second organ, made by Metzler in 1982, occupies a swallow’s-nest installation in the choir.

Was the Münsterplattform always a park beside Berner Münster?

No. The terrace was built as a churchyard between 1334 and the mid-15th century and became an open plaza in the 20th century. During the Reformation, paintings and statues from the cathedral’s altars were discarded there; archaeological digs later recovered some of them.

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