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  Leipzig Trade Fair - Economy - German Archive: The Leipzig Trade Fair (German. Leipziger Messe) was one of the most ...
Leipziger Messe) was one of the most important Trade Fairs of the Eastern Economic Bloc (RGW), and traditionally a meeting place for businessmen and politicians from both sides of the Iron Curtain.
The Michelmas fair was held at the church of St. Nikolai, built in 1176.
The new Leipzig Trade Fair was built in 1995, and was opened in April 1996.
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  Leipzig - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Leipzig Trade Fair became an event of international importance; especially as a point of contact to the East-European economic bloc (Comecon) of which East Germany was a member.
Richard Wagner, the composer, was born in Leipzig in 1813.
Among Leipzig's noteworthy institutions are also the Gewandhaus Orchestra, the opera house, Oper Leipzig, and the Leipzig Zoo, which houses the world's largest facilities for primates.
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 Leipzig Trade Fair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leipziger Messe) was one of the most important Trade Fairs of the RGW, and traditionally a meeting place for businessmen and politicians from both sides of the Iron Curtain.
The Michelmas fair was held at the church of St. Nikolai, built in 1176.
Leipziger Messe GmbH was founded after the reunification of Germany in the early 1990´s.
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 Leipzig   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Leipzig is the largest city in the federal state (Bundesland) of Saxony.
The Leipzig Trade Fair became an event of international importance; especially as a point of contact to the east-european economic bloc (Comecon) of which East Germany (with Leipzig) was a member.
In 1813, the Leipzig region was the arena of the Battle of the Nations.
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 FAIR FACTS AND INFORMATION
Fair is the name for the gathering together of people to display or trade produce or other goods, to parade or display animals and often to enjoy associated carnival or funfair entertainment.
The place at a fair (commonly a American fair such as a county or state fair) where amusement park rides, entertainment and fast_food booths are concentrated is called the midway, which is named after the avenue of amusements at the 1893 World_Columbian_Exposition in Chicago.
Fairs are sometimes important showcases for businessmen in agricultural, pastoral and horticultural districts because they present opportunities to display and demonstrate the latest machinery on the market.
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 Guangzhou Trade Fair   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Fair trade arguments may support (or be treated as supporting) protectionism, but this is only true of some of the positions within the quite disparate fair trade movement.
Generally trade fairs can not be open to the public and can only be attended by company representatives (members of the trade) and members of the press.
Fair trade is a term used by social justice, peace movement, ecology movement, and green movement groups, to contrast with 'unfair' international trade practices, and sometimes, to contrast with free trade as promoted by the World Trade Organization and NAFTA.
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 Leipzig, Germany by europe-cities - Leipzig travel guide
The Leipzig Trade Fair, which started in the middle ages, gained international importance; especially as a point of contact to the East-European economic bloc of which East Germany was a member.
Among Leipzig's noteworthy institutions are the Opera House, Gewandhaus Orchestra, Oper Leipzig, and the Leipzig Zoo, housing the world's largest facilities for primates.
Leipzig was the place for the FIFA 2006 World Cup draw, and is to host 5 of the First Round Group matches.
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 Encyclopedia: Leipzig
Leipzig [â—¶] [ˈlaiptsɪç] (Polish; Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk) is the largest city in the federal state (Bundesland) of Saxony in Germany.
The University of Leipzig is one of the oldest universities in Europe.
Leipzig is twinned with: This article is about partnerships between towns distant from each other; see Twin cities for the different concept of physically neighbouring cities.
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 Interesting facts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Leipzig Fair is also known as the "mother of all trade fairs" and opened its new exhibition centre in 1996.
Leipzig was the starting point for the events which led to the Peaceful Revolution of 1989.
Leipzig Zoo is one of the oldest and most varied zoos in the world, and it is one of the most popular destinations in the city.
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 Leipzig City Tour
Leipzig has been a city of trade fairs since its very beginning: In the 7th-9th century, Slavonian settlers founded the town Lipzk at the intersection of the trade routes Via Imperii and Via Regia.
As Leipzig turned into one of the most important venues for worldwide and especially east-west trade over the centuries, many of the old fair houses and merchant courts that still characterize the city center's look today were built.
Leipzig's grandest and most luxurious passage is the Maedler Passage which is especially famous for hosting the wine cellar and restaurant Auerbachs Keller (Auerbach's Cellar) that dates back to 1525 and was immortalized by Goethe in a scene of his work "Faust".
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 Research Report 2003 > FOREWORD
A hallmark of the Universität Leipzig is its diversity.
Over the next four years, the partners propose to increase the participation of citizens in the organisation of their lives through education and learning, and to create ways and means through which experience and knowledge can grow according to specific needs, a process which should lead to the further development of individual competence.
BIO CITY LEIPZIG, which celebrated its official opening in May 2003, provides a new location for close cooperations between economy and science, and is represented by the Centre for Biotechnology and Biomedicine (BBZ), a central institution of the Universität Leipzig.
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 Leipzig Trade Fair -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The history of the (A city in southeastern Germany famous for fairs; formerly a music and publishing center) Leipzig fairs go back to the (The period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance) Middle Ages.
At this time, there were fairs at other Saxon towns like (Click link for more info and facts about Freiberg) Freiberg, (Click link for more info and facts about Leisnig) Leisnig, Pegau and Regis as well.
In 1920 the technical fairground was opened in the southeast of the town, between Reudnitz and the Monument for the (Click link for more info and facts about battle of the Nations) battle of the Nations.
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 Leipzig Hotels, Germany Hotels   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The proud city of Leipzig is livelier today than ever before: a vibrant venue for trade shows, congresses, commerce and an entertainment metropolis with a rich...
Leipzig is an increasingly prestigious first-class destination for fairs and culture, combining both in an ideal way.
Leipzig's landmark is the Old City Hall, a proud monument impressive...
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 Guide to Bach Tour - Leipzig
Leipzig is the largest city in the federal state (Bundesland) of Saxony.
The Leipzig Trade Fair became an event of international importance; especially as a point of contact to the east-european economic bloc (Comecon) of which East Germany was a member.
In 1813, the Leipzig region was the arena of the Battle of the Nations.
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 Universität Leipzig > Where we are
Leipzig is a lively, cosmopolitan city with a 550-year-old tradition of trade and fairs.
Leipzig is situated in the east of Germany, in the north-west part of the Free State of Saxony.
Leipzig is served by a regular rail service to and from all three cities.
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 Leipzig   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Leipzig [ˈlaiptsɪç] (Polish; Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk) is the largest city in the federal state (Bundesland) of Saxony in Germany.
Leipzig is twinned with Birmingham, England and Houston, Texas.
Additionaly Leipzig has an international trade fair ground in the north of the city with the world largest levitated Glass Hall.
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 Litrix-German Literature Online > MAGAZINE > People - Projects - Profiles > Archive
Leipzig will be the venue for a major meeting of authors and their audience again this year, with some 1,200 events having been announced for the “Leipzig Reads” series.
The encounter between authors and readers was one idea that was consistently applied, first in the old fair halls in the city centre and since 1998 on the new trade fair ground.
The Fair, the City and the Free State of Saxony reacted by advertising the new award, which comes with a cash prize of EUR 45,000, which will be made in the fiction, non-fiction/essay and translation categories.
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 NewStandard: 6/2/96
LEIPZIG, Germany -- Nearly swept away by the fall of communism, an 800-year-old trading tradition is once again blossoming at this European crossroads between east and west.
Housed in a sleek new home, the revived Leipzig Trade Fair is the city's hope for regaining the cosmopolitan air that led one 18th-century visitor to compare it to Paris.
The Leipzig Trade Fair was founded in the 12th century by silver traders who set up a market where two old Roman trade routes crossed.
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 56 - Cryptonomicon - Leipzig   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Leipzig's population, which peaked at 750 000 before the second world war, has diminished to just about 500 000 by 2002.
The Leipzig Trade Fair became an event of international importance; especially as a point of contact to the east-european economic bloc (Comecon) of which East Germany (with Leipzig) was a member.
The foundation of the Universität Leipzig in 1409 initiated the city's development into a center of the publishing industry, and towards being a location of the German National Library (founded in 1912, http://www.ddb.de).
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 FIFA World Cup 2006
The Leipzig Trade Fair, which began in the middle ages, became an event of international importance; especially as a point of contact to the East-European economic bloc (Comecon) of which East Germany was a member.
Johann Sebastian Bach worked in Leipzig from 1723 to 1750, at the St. Thomas Lutheran church, and Richard Wagner, the composer, was born in Leipzig in 1813.
The importance of the Trade Fair and the University to the creation of a vibrant urban life and city politics from the Reformation through the Nineteenth Century cannot be underestimated.
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 Encyclopedia: Leipzig Trade Fair
Jump to: navigation, search Map of Germany showing Leipzig Leipzig [▶] [ˈlaiptsɪç] (Polish; Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk) is the largest city in the federal state (Bundesland) of Saxony in Germany.
Jump to: navigation, search Pegau, a town in Leipziger Land a district in Saxony, Germany, situated in a fertile country, on the Elster, 18 m.
Map of battle by 18 October 1813, from Meyers Encyclopaedia The Battle of Leipzig (October 16-19, 1813), also called the Battle of the Nations, was the largest conflict in the Napoleonic Wars and one of the worst defeats suffered by Napoleon Bonaparte.
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 36 hotels in Leipzig. Compare prices of Leipzig, Germany hotels. Leipzig accommodation deals
The three-star Laval hotel is located in the northwestern suburbs of Leipzig, ensuring maximum comfort and a tranquil atmosphere.
Leipzig is the largest city in the German province of Saxony.
The Leipzig Trade Fair, which started in the Middle Ages, has gained international importance, especially as a point of contact with the East-European economic bloc, of which East Germany was once a member.
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 LEIPZIG FACTS AND INFORMATION
The Leipzig_Trade_Fair became an event of international importance; especially as a point of contact to the East-European economic bloc (Comecon) of which East_Germany was a member.
The foundation of the University_of_Leipzig in 1409 initiated the city's development into a center of the publishing industry, and towards being a location of the German National Library (founded in 1912).
Among Leipzig's noteworthy institutions are also the Gewandhaus Orchestra, the opera house, Oper_Leipzig, and the Leipzig Zoo, which houses the world's largest facilities for primates.
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 "Crystal Palace" of laminated glass for Leipzig Trade Fair
However, the new Leipzig Trade Fair building, designed by architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partner (GMP) of Hamburg and completed in 1996 at a cost of DM 1.3 billion, provides the most striking new symbol yet of the city's post-Communist renewal as a business center.
The most spectacular aspect to the Leipzig Trade Fair is undoubtedly its laminated glass hall, designed by Ian Ritchie Architects of London.
It is the principal building through which all visitors to the Trade Fair enter and provides a surface area of 242m x 79m for reception, information and meetings.
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 Leipzig   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Leipzig - Whinging about the weather or the broken photocopier are sackable offences at a German company that has banned moaning.
Leipzig, (Sorbian/Lusatian Lipsk, Polish Lipsk) is the largest city in the federal state (Bundesland) of Saxony.
Having been a terminal of the first German long distance railroad (1838, to Dresden, the capital city of Saxony), Leipzig became a hub of central-european railroad traffic, with a renowned station building, now the largest passenger train station in Europe.
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 INTERGEO 2007
Whilst more and more European airports are reaching the limits of their capacity, this airport at the heart of Central Germany is looking to the future with its comprehensive programme of expansion.
Exzellente innerdeutsche Flugverbindungen von und nach Leipzig garantieren Ihnen zeitlich abgestimmte Anschlussflüge in alle Welt.
The travel centre at Leipzig Central station is open daily until 10pm and the service point on the concourse is open around the clock.
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 Business Travel: Business Trips in Germany — Trade Fairs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Berlin leads the world with the Internationale Funkausstellung (Consumer Electronics Fair), the ITB tourism trade fair and the Internationale Grüne Woche fair for the food industry, agriculture and horticulture.
For each industry, the international trade fair is the highlight of the year; it provides every opportunity for congresses, conferences and special events – com-plemented by a full range of regional trade and consumer exhibitions.
The new Leipzig trade fair grounds with their landmark Glass Hall were opened in 1996.
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 Leipzig --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
Leipzig lies at the junction of the Weisse Elster, Parthe, and Pleisse rivers in the middle of a broad plain at the crossing of two ancient trade routes.
Leipzig is situated in the fertile, low-lying Leipzig Basin, which has extensive deposits of lignite (brown coal).
The University of Leipzig was founded in 1409 by German students and professors who withdrew from the University of Prague when Wenceslas IV, king of...
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