page_title: Münster Cathedral
section_title: Sakramentskapelle
hierarchical_section_title: Münster Cathedral / Architecture / Nave / Sakramentskapelle
caption_attribution_description: English: "Sakramentskapelle" of the St.-Pauls-Cathedral in Münster, Westphalia, Germany
context_page_description: Münster Cathedral or St.-Paulus-Dom is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Münster in Germany, and is dedicated to St Paul. It is counted among the most significant church buildings in Münster and, along with the City Hall, is one of the symbols of the city.
  The cathedral stands in the heart of the city, on a small hill called Horsteberg, which is encircled by the Roggenmarkt, Prinzipalmarkt and Rothenburg streets and by the Münstersche Aa river. This area, which also contains the Domplatz and surrounding buildings, was the old Domburg. Today the cathedral is the parish church for this area. West of the cathedral lies the bishop's palace and part of the old curia complex along with the current cathedral chapter.
  The cathedral had two predecessors. The first cathedral stood to the north of the current cathedral; the second cathedral was built in the tenth or eleventh century and was demolished during the construction of the third and current cathedral between 1225 and 1264. The imposing westwerk with its nearly identical towers was built as part of the second cathedral around 1192 and was incorporated into the current building.
context_section_description: A passage off the north side-aisle leads through a notable seventeenth-century bronze door to the Sakramentskapelle (J).
  The Sakramentskapelle was built as an annex behind the Stephanuschor at the end of the seventeenth or beginning of the eighteenth century. It served as a sacristry at first, then as the treasury chamber from 1930, and finally in 1956 it was consecrated as a chapel.
  Only the bronze door remains of the original furnishings. This is a cast bronze door which is 2.1 m high and 1.12 m wide. It was cast by Johann Mauritz Gröninger.
caption: View into the Sakramentskapelle
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