Welcome to the city of peace, bicycles and science!
The XII European Palaeobotany and Palynology Conference 2026 will be organised by the Palaeobotany Group of the University of Münster, Germany. Supporting partners include the LWL-Museum of Natural History, also from Münster.
Münster is a beautiful medium-sized city in the heart of the Münsterland Cretaceous Basin, steeped in more than 1,200 years of history. The city was the site of the Anabaptist Rebellion during the Protestant Reformation in 1534, and hosted the signing of the Treaty of Westphalia, ending the Thirty Years' War in Europe in 1648. Münster is the cultural centre of Westphalia and a famous “bicycle capital” of Germany.
Science has always shaped the image of the city. As one of the largest academic locations in Germany, it has around 65,000 students at nine universities and colleges. With more than 43,000 students and over 120 fields of study in 15 departments, the University of Münster is Germany's fifth largest university and one of the foremost centres of German intellectual life.