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The Military Academy at Münster in Westphalia

Bahlmann, The Military Academy at Münster in Westphalia, in: West German Journal for History and Art, 1894, No. 13.

Elevation of the front of the so-called Garde Hotel (Krummer Timpen 24/25). Taken from: Max Geisberg, The City of Münster. Fourth Part. The Secular Buildings since the Year 1701, p. 78 (1935).
Elevation of the front of the so-called Garde Hotel (Krummer Timpen 24/25). Taken from: Max Geisberg, The City of Münster. Fourth Part. The Secular Buildings since the Year 1701, p. 78 (1935).

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