The Neumünster stands directly beside the cathedral, built over the spot where the Irish missionary Kilian was murdered in 689. The current structure is mostly baroque, the result of a major rebuilding completed in 1716, and it is considerably more lavishly decorated than the cathedral next door — the interior is pink and white, with an exuberant high altar and fine stucco work. The contrast between the two adjacent churches, one massively Romanesque and the other giddily baroque, is part of what makes Würzburg's cathedral quarter interesting.
In the square between the two churches stands a large statue of the minnesinger Walther von der Vogelweide, medieval Germany's most important lyric poet, who is believed to have died and been buried in Würzburg around 1230. Whether the grave is actually here is a matter of scholarly dispute, but the statue marks the claim.