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	Walter von Reichenau
		Walter von Reichenau, the son of a Prussian general, was born in Germany on August 16t, 1884.
		Reichenau's uncle, Friedrich von Reichenau, was an ardent supporter of the Nazi Party and, in 1932, he introduced his nephew to Adolf Hitler.
		Reichenau, a strong opponent of an invasion of the Soviet Union, also took part in Operation Barbarossa during the summer of 1941.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/Reichenau.html (1271 words)

	Reichenau
		The word "Zell" (cell) in the names of the three villages of Reichenau indicates the existence of a monastery on the island, which was the "reiche Aue" (the fertile islet) of medieval culture.
		The growth of Reichenau was greatly fostered by its position on the highway to Italy, which was frequented by Greek and Italian, and even Irish and Icelandic pilgrims and wayfarers.
		Reichenau displayed its greatest lustre in the first centuries after its foundation (especially between the ninth and the middle of the thirteenth centuries), during which it discharged its great work of civilization.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/r/reichenau.html (752 words)

	Reichenau Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Among the Abbey's far-flung landholdings was Reichenau, a village in the municipality of Tamins in the canton of Graubünden, named for the Abbey.
		Pirmin's conflict with his local patron resulted in his leaving Reichenau in 727, but under his successor Hatto, a kinsman of the Count of Hohenzollern [1], the monastery began to flourish and to gain influence in the Carolingian empire, under Abbot Waldo (740-814), by educating the who staffed Imperial and ducal chanceries.
		The Abbey of Reichenau housed a school, and a scriptorium and artists' workshop that has a claim to having been the largest and artistically most influential center for producing lavishly illuminated manuscripts in Europe during the late 10th and early 11th centuries, when this part of Switzerland belonged to the Holy Roman Empire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Reichenau_Island (637 words)

	Reichenau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Reichenau is a village in the municipality of Tamins in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland, where the two Rhine tributaries Vorderrhein and Hinterrhein meet.
		The monastery was founded in 724 and drew to itself abbots with connections to the highest Carolingian and Ottonian society; it housed a school, and a famous scriptorium.
		In the 17th century the first buildings for the sovereignty of Reichenau were built which became the castle of Reichenau.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Reichenau (200 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Reichenau
		Reichenau was greatly fostered by its position on the highway to Italy, which was frequented by Greek and
		Reichenau displayed its greatest lustre in the first centuries after its foundation (especially between the ninth and the middle of the thirteenth centuries), during which it discharged its great work of civilization.
		Reichenau school of painting is seen at its best even today in the single extant work of the tenth century -- the eight pictures on the upper part of the walls of the little Roman basilican parish
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/12723a.htm (686 words)

	Biographie: Walter von Reichenau, 1884-1942
		Reichenau wird in die Reichswehr als Hauptmann übernommen.
		Reichenau engagiert sich für eine schnelle Einbindung des Militärs in das NS-Regime.
		Januar: Walter von Reichenau stirbt an einem Schlaganfall nach einer Flugzeugbruchlandung in Poltawa (Rußland).
	www.dhm.de /lemo/html/biografien/ReichenauWalter (344 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Berthold of Reichenau
		Abbey of Reichenau on the Lake of Constance; d.
		Hermann's chronicle until 1076, and that in the execution of it he made use of another chronicle, written by
		Bernold who was also a monk at Reichenau; but it has been proved almost beyond doubt by Giesebrecht and Schulzen that
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/02521b.htm (471 words)

	The Island of Reichenau (Site not responding. Last check: )
		During the 10th and 11th century, the island of Reichenau was a centre of art and culture.
		But also the beginning modern tourism is influenced by the medievel island of Reichenau: the main attraction for the crowds of visitors at the end of the 19th century was the then recent discovery of the mural paintings in St. George's.
		The goal of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is to encourage the cooperation of the nations in fields of education, science, culture and communication and to achieve thereby a general acceptance of basic and human rights.
	www.tourismus-bw.de /the_island_of_reichenau.238356.1403,232927,232934.htm (1358 words)

	Reichenau
		Reichenau Village in communitiy Tamins of Canton Grison (Switzerland) near the location where the two Rhein tributaries Vorderrhein and Hinterrhein meet.
		The civilisation of the place is traced back till 500 A.D. The name originates from the cloister Reichenau on the Lake Constanze which owned properties in this location during the Middle Age.
		Reichenau at the location where the Rhein tributaries meet.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/re/Reichenau.html (128 words)

	The Ecole Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Pirminius, Augia dives, on the island of Reichenau in Lake Constance, became a literary and artistic center in the Middle Ages.
		When Charles the Fat was overthrown in the IX Century, he retired to Reichenau, where he was buried in 888, although he had since regained the throne of France.
		The monastery held the relics of St. Mark and of St. George, frescoes of whom, done in the X Century, are expressions of the monastery's artistic merit.
	www2.evansville.edu /ecoleweb/glossary/reichenau.html (153 words)

	UNESCO World Heritage Reichenau
		The cultural landscape of the island of Reichenau on Lake Constance bears outstanding witness to the religious and cultural role of a great Benedictine monastery in the Middle Ages.
		The island's three Romanesque churches are outstanding examples of monastic architecture between the 9th and 11th centuries, and their wall paintings reveal that, during the 10th and 11th centuries, Reichenau was a cultural centre of major significance for the history of European art.
		The monastery library, the Reichenau School of Painting (manuscript illumination and wall painting) and the art of gold work at Reichenau became extremely well known.
	www.unesco-welterbe.de /en/staedte/bild_text/reichenau.html (159 words)

	Reichenau Information
		Reichenau is a village in the municipality of Tamins in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland, where the two Rhine tributaries Vorderrhein and Hinterrhein meet.
		The monastery was founded in 724 and drew to itself abbots with connections to the highest Carolingian and Ottonian society; it housed a school, and a famous scriptorium.
		In the 17th century the first buildings for the sovereignty of Reichenau were built which became the castle of Reichenau.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Reichenau (177 words)

	Walter von Reichenau
		After the war Reichenau was a General Staff officer with the Wehrkries VI (1920-22) before serving as commander of the 8th Machine Gun Company.
		Senior officers in the German Army were angry about the growth in power of the SA and Reichenau began to fear the possibility of a military coup against Hitler.
		Reichenau's name was suggested but Hitler rejected the idea saying that he was "too political".
	www.world-war-2.info /figures/walther-von-reichenau.php (1308 words)

	schloesser-magazin.de: Reichenau Monastery Island - Abbey Church (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 724 the monastery was founded on the Reichenau Island in Lake Constance by the itinerant bishop Pirmin - apparently with the support of, among others, the Franconian major-domo Karl Martell.
		Of the Reichenau monastery library it was known throughout Europe in the early and high Middle Ages that it held hundreds of volumes.
		In 1803 the monastery fell to the State with the secularization movement and the abbey was disbanded.
	www.schloesser-magazin.de /eng/objekte/re/re_muenstere.php (566 words)

	The Island of Reichenau - German Monastery Heritage of the Middle Ages (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Island of Reichenau is located in the Southern Germany near the Lake Constance and the city of Constance.
		The whole island was included into the UNESCO World Heritage List because it comprises the entire and unique area which preserves now cultural, political and historical evidences of the Medieval Ages.
		Of course, the island which is enriched with such a great sights draws attention of the progressive humanity: numerous religious, cultural, historical and agricultural processions, festivals and celebrations are held on the island.
	www.germanculture.com.ua /library/weekly/reichenau_heritage.htm (477 words)

	Illuminated Reichenau Manuscripts Now Officially Part of Memory of the World: UNESCO-CI
		The Illuminated manuscripts from the Ottonian period created in the monastery of Reichenau at Lake Constance in Germany are officially part of UNESCO's Memory of the World Register since last Sunday when Walther Hirsch, President of the German Commission for UNESCO handed over the Memory of the World Certificate.
		After the decline of the Carolingian Empire, political consolidation, the renewal of the idea of the empire and the reform of the church all contributed to a period of cultural rise.
		The book illustrations reflect the spirituality of the time, and their ambitions can be inferred from the models which the new art was based on: paintings from Late Antiquity, the Carolingian period and Byzantium.
	portal.unesco.org /ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=17405&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html (468 words)

	Reichenau a. d. Rax Wiener Alpen in Niederösterreich Tiscover Willkommen Landesausstellung Schito
		Sie befinden sich in: Niederösterreich / Wiener Alpen in Niederösterreich / Reichenau a.
		REICHENAU an der Rax - Ort der Wanderer, Kulturfreunde, Gesundheitsbewussten, Sportlichen, Gemütlichen, Schlemmer & Kurzurlauber.
		Lassen Sie sich inspirieren und kommen Sie auch zum Wandern nach Reichenau an der Rax.
	www.tiscover.at /reichenau.noe (222 words)

	Monastic Island of Reichenau - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
		The island of Reichenau on Lake Constance preserves the traces of the Benedictine monastery, founded in 724, which exercised remarkable spiritual, intellectual and artistic influence.
		Criterion iv The churches on the island of Reichenau retain remarkable elements of several stages of construction and thus offer outstanding examples of monastic architecture in Central Europe from the 9th to the 11th century.
		Criterion vi The monastery of Reichenau was a highly significant artistic centre of great significance to the history of art in Europe in the 10th and 11th centuries, as is superbly illustrated by its monumental wall paintings and its illuminations.
	whc.unesco.org /en/list/974 (204 words)

	Germany - Illuminated manuscripts from the Ottonian period produced in the monastery of Reichenau
		The book decoration of the monastery of Reichenau, situated on an island in the Lake Constance, epitomizes book illustration of the Ottonian period in Germany.
		As one of its outstanding achievements, the book illustration from the Reichenau developed expansive cycles of miniatures on the life of Christ, which were to influence the art of subsequent centuries.
		Furthermore, the portraits of emperors, which were integrated into the liturgical manuscripts, have received special recognition as works of art and historical sources of the first rank.
	portal.unesco.org /ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=6881&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html (391 words)

	Bezirkssparkasse Reichenau - Kundeninformation Shop
		Die Bezirkssparkasse Reichenau behält sich das Eigentum an der Kaufsache bis zum Eingang aller Zahlungen aus dem Vertrag vor.
		Die Bezirkssparkasse Reichenau ist in diesem Fall zum Rücktritt vom Kaufvertrag berechtigt.
		Kann der Kunde die empfangene Leistung der Bezirkssparkasse Reichenau ganz oder teilweise nicht oder nur in einem verschlechterten Zustand zurückgewähren, muss der Kunde der Bezirkssparkasse Reichenau insoweit gegebenenfalls Wertersatz leisten.
	www.spk-reichenau.de /22f58b3f72d0dcc1 (909 words)

	Germany - Monastic Island of Reichenau
		The island of Reichenau on Lake Constance preserves the traces of the Benedictine monastery, founded in 724, which exercised remarkable spiritual, intellectual and artistic influence.
		Pirmin's conflict with his local patron resulted in his leaving Reichenau in 727, but under his successor Hatto, a kinsman of the Count of Hohenzollern, the monastery began to flourish and to gain influence in the Carolingian empire by educating the who staffed Imperial and ducal chanceries.
		In recent history the Reichenau Island has become famous for its vegetable fields, which is illustrated on this encased German stamp, bearing an ad on the reverse side for Reichenau.
	worldheritage.heindorffhus.dk /frame-GermanyReichenau.htm (361 words)

	J. Shaw: The Printed Dictionary in France Before 1539: A.2.0-A.2.2
		The renowned Reichenau Glossary (beginning of the tenth century) comprises nearly 5000 lemmata with vulgar Latin, Romanic and Germanic glosses.
		The Reichenau Glossary is made up of two parts: a Biblical glossary which follows the order of the text, and an alphabetical wordlist.
		Identification of the Abavus and the Liber glossarum as sources, dates the Reichenau Glossary to the beginning of the tenth century at the earliest, and not to the eighth century as some scholars had believed (noted in Bischoff 1981: 48).
	www.chass.utoronto.ca /~wulfric/edicta/shaw/a2.htm (1616 words)

	Reichenau, Germany
		6km/4mi west of Konstanz, in the Untersee, lies the island of Reichenau, connected with the mainland by a causeway.
		The three churches belonging to the once world-famed monastery of Reichenau, founded in 724 by Charles Martel, Charlemagne's grandfather, are among the finest examples of Early Romanesque art in Germany, both for their architecture and for their magnificent frescoes.
		They are St George's Church in Oberzell (fine wall paintings of the Ottonian period), the Minster of St Mary and St Mark (rich treasury in sacristy) and the church of SS.
	www.planetware.com /konstanz/reichenau-d-bw-konrei.htm (156 words)

	Walter von Reichenau
		Walter von Reichenau, the son of a Prussian general, was born in Germany on 16th August, 1884.
		Blomberg persuaded Adolf Hitler to appoint Reichenau to the post but after a group of senior army officers complained, President Paul von Hindenburg vetoed the selection and General Werner von Fitsch was chosen instead.
		Hitler was forced to change his mind and on 4th February, 1938, General Heinrich von Brauchitsch was appointed instead.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /GERreichenau.htm (1542 words)

	Texas growers making hay rain or shine
		Reichenau and a partner manage Haymakers, a business they started in 1978 to tap into that growing enthusiasm for horses.
		Reichenau begins his fertilization program in May. “I fertilize everything as if we were going to irrigate it, even the dryland acreage.
		Reichenau says he ran out of hay late in 2003.
	southwestfarmpress.com /news/farming_texas_growers_making (876 words)

	FF Reichenau im Mkr. \| Freiwillige Feuerwehr Reichenau im Mühlkreis
		Besuch der VS- Reichenau bei der Feuerwehr 13.11.2007
		Geschichte der FF Reichenau Über die Gemeinde Reichenau Geschichte der Feuerwehr Auszeichnung für www.ff-reichenau.at Besucherstatistik 2006 - www.ff-reichenau.at 1.
		Besuch der VS- Reichenau bei der Feuerwehr 13.11.2007 Feuerwehrnachmittag 8.8.2007 Eröffnung des neuen Gerätehauses, 15.8.2007 Feuerwehrtag, Übungsbewerb, Feuerlöscherüberprüfung 19.5.2007 Dank für ein Fass Bier 13.5.07 Mitgliedervollversammlung der FF Reichenau, 25.11.2006 Ferienspaßtag 2.8.2006 Kindergartenbesuch 23.6.2006 Maibaum 01.05.2006 Punschstand 7.12.2005 Ferienspaßtage 2005 Übungsplan 2006
	www.ff-reichenau.at (231 words)

	Ausflugsziele Reichenau im Bodensee
		Dank seiner günstigen Lage ist das "Schwäbische Meer", wie der Volksmund den Bodensee nennt, zu einem der beliebtesten und reizvollsten Reiseziele Deutschlands geworden.
		Insel Reichenau besteht aus den Ortsteilen Oberzell, Mittelzell and Niederzell, ist rund 5 km lang und 2 km breit und ist durch einen 2 km langen Damm mit dem Festland verbunden.
		Reichenau zählt heute rund 5000 Einwohner und gehört zum Kreis Konstanz.
	www.sbo.de /ausflug/reichenau.htm (230 words)

	Rhine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Both tributaries meet near Reichenau, still in Graubünden.
		From Reichenau, the Rhine flows north as the Alpenrhein passing Chur and forming the frontier with Liechtenstein and then Austria, and then emptying into Lake Constance.
		Emerging from Lake Constance, flowing west as the Hochrhein it passes the Rhine Falls and is joined by the Aare river which more than doubles its water discharge to an average of nearly 1,000 cubic meters per second.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rhine (3620 words)

	Festspiele Reichenau (Site not responding. Last check: )
		"Festspiele Reichenau" is a top-ranking theatre festival among the Austrian summer cultural events.
		In these years the area around Reichenau was also a favourite summer retreat for great artists, poets and writers, musicians and scientists.
		In 1926 a theatre was built in the centre of the village of Reichenau, but the upcoming period of depression and war set a sudden end to summer enjoyment.
	www.festspiele-reichenau.com /information_eng.shtml (280 words)

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