Schaffhausen - Münster 
The Schaffhausen Minster (Münster), a pillared basilica with a single tower (1087-1150), was originally the church of the Benedictine abbey of All Saints and is now the Protestant parish church. The spacious nave, flat-roofed (restored 1950-58), is a fine example of Romanesque religious architecture. The sparse furnishings are modern; near the altar, a simple wooden table, stand the bronze font and wooden pulpit.
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In the apse are three stained-glass windows and a large tapestry. The choir contains remains of old wall-paintings. Outside the Minster, on the north side, is a bronze figure of David with Goliath's head (by K. Geiser, 1959). On the south side the cloister (freely accessible) has delicate 12th C. arcades.
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Hosanna Bell
In the forecourt of St Anne's chapel, adjoining the Schaffhausen Minster on the east, is the famous Hosanna Bell (Osannaglocke), cast in 1486, with a Latin inscription ("Vivos voco, mortuos plango, fulgura frango" - "I call the living, I mourn the dead, I quell the lightning") which inspired a well-known poem by Schiller, the "Song of the Bell" ("Das Lied von der Glocke").
