Original: This larger agreement was to be negotiated in Westphalia, in the neighbouring cities of MÃ 1\/4 nster and OsnabrÃ 1\/4 ck.
Simplified: The peace negotiations were held in the cities of MÃ 1\/4 nster and OsnabrÃ 1\/4 ck, which lie about 50 km apart from each other, in the present day German states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony. Sweden had favored OsnabrÃ 1\/4 ck due to its Protestant background, France chose MÃ 1\/4 nster due to its Catholic background.