Particle.news
Download on the App Store

MünsterTatort’ Says Goodbye to Mechthild Großmann in “Die Erfindung des Rades”

The broadcast leans into ensemble chemistry to stage a character farewell through a bicycle‑world murder setup.

Overview

  • The episode premiered on ARD on December 7 at 20:15 and is available to stream in the ARD Mediathek.
  • The case begins at a Hobrecht & Hobrecht unveiling, where a transport crate reveals a freezer containing a frozen corpse instead of the touted prototype.
  • Series leads Frank Thiel and Prof. Karl‑Friedrich Boerne investigate a family‑entangled homicide that draws on Münster’s cycling identity.
  • A central subplot features a claim that the modern bicycle originated in Münster in 1882, countering the commonly cited 1884 England attribution.
  • Mechthild Großmann’s Staatsanwältin Wilhelmine Klemm takes a bow after more than two decades, with reports noting she has not ruled out occasional surprise returns.