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  speyer.de | Sehenswürdigkeiten
The imperial Cathedral of Speyer, the foundation of which is in the form of a latin cross, is one of the largest and most significant Romanesque edifices in Germany.
Designed by the architect to the court of the Palatinate, Johann Peter Grabner, it was built from 1701-1717 as a Lutheran church.
The city hall of Speyer, once a free city of the Holy Roman Empire, is a good example of late Baroque architecture.
www.speyer.de /de/tourist/sehenswert?switch_language=en   (437 words)

  
  Speyer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Speyer (English formerly Spires) is a city in Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) with approx.
Between 1527 and 1689 Speyer is the seat of the Imperial Chamber Court (Reichskammergericht).
In 1816 Speyer becomes the seat of administration of the Palatinate and of the government of the Rhine District of Bavaria (later called the Bavarian Palatinate), and remains so until the end of World War Two.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Speyer   (407 words)

  
 Speyer. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Speyer is a noted cultural and historical center of the Rhine plain.
Speyer, together with the territory of the bishops of Speyer W of the Rhine, was occupied by the French during the French Revolutionary Wars and formally ceded to France by the Treaty of Campo Formio (1797).
Speyer and the episcopal lands W of the Rhine were subsequently given to Bavaria at the Congress of Vienna (1815); they were incorporated into the Rhenish Palatinate, of which Speyer was the capital until 1945.
www.bartleby.com /65/sp/Speyer.html   (438 words)

  
 Less was More for A. James Speyer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Speyer decided to study with Mies at IIT, and adopted the Miesian philosophy that "less is more." Speyer's graduate work was followed by service in the army from 1941 through 1946, and after his discharge he returned to Chicago to teach at IIT, which had become the Midwest's leading outpost of modernism.
Speyer is today better known for his work at the Art Institute than as an architect, but his approach to exhibition design was a natural outgrowth of his architectural sensibility.
Speyer was renowned in the Chicago museum world, and not solely for his exhibitions and distinctive installations.
www.carnegiemuseums.org /cmag/bk_issue/1998/janfeb/feat3.htm   (1218 words)

  
 JewishEncyclopedia.com - SPEYER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The persecution continued unabated, however, wherefore the Jews of Speyer decided to emigrate to the Holy Land; a few of them succeeded in carrying out this resolve, whereupon their property was confiscated.
The government taxes payable by the Jews of Speyer were conveyed on June 22, 1298, to the city for such a period as might be necessary to complete payment for the damage done by the imperial troops on their march through the city from Alsace.
Within a short time the Jews were permitted to return to Speyer; and though in 1353 they were again expelled from the city, their houses being distributed among the citizens and their cemetery planted with corn, in the following year they were once more readmitted, and were assigned quarters between the Webergasse and the school-building.
www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=1003&letter=S&search=speyer   (2077 words)

  
 speyer.de | Tourismus
Stadtführungen gibt es in Speyer für jeden Geschmack: Kulturhistorisch, kulinarisch und auf Wunsch auch ganz exotisch: mit einer Rikscha-Tour.
Der Verkehrsverein hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, „den Tourismus in Speyer zu fördern und die Stadt in allen ihr dienlichen Belangen zu unterstützen“.
Das größte Volksfest am Oberrhein ist ein absolutes Muss für die Speyerer und ihre Gäste (13.
www.speyer.de /de/tourist?switch_language=en   (215 words)

  
 Speyer
Speyer is a lovely city about 25 miles south of Frankenthal and the home of Herr Fuhr.
Speyer, Worms, and Mainz are the locations of the three greatest cathedrals of the Middle Ages in Germany.
Speyer is in the process of restoring the Jewish quarter of its old city.
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 Speyer to Stuttgart
Speyer became the see of a bishop in the 7th century and was made a free imperial city in 1294.
Speyer was a center of Roman administration of Germany.
Speyer is on the left bank of the Rhine about 25 km south of the point where the Neckar flows into it.
www.storrer.com /townsources/speyer.html   (1053 words)

  
 Speyer Cathedral - World Heritage Site - Pictures, info and travel reports
Speyer Cathedral (Dom in German) was inaugurated in 1061.
The Christmas market in Speyer was pretty nice, and they also have a pretzel festival every year (Brezelfest) with a parade.
Speyer is one of the most beautiful places in the world..
www.worldheritagesite.org /sites/speyercathedral.html   (881 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Speyer
In 748 Speyer was made suffragan of Mainz; and in 1030 the first stone of the present Romanesque Cathedral of Our Lady was laid; it was intended to be the mausoleum of the Salian emperors.
In 1146 St. Bernard preached the Crusade at Speyer and won King Conrad III to the cause.
In 1526 the condition of political affairs enabled the Protestants to secure the relatively favourable decision that each constituent state should act in reference to the matters contained in the Edict of Worms (1521) as it could answer to God and the emperor.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/14214e.htm   (691 words)

  
 Denise Bibro Fine Art: Nora Speyer 'Flowers in the Woods', Gloria Spevacek 'Voices in Stone and Bronze', Linda Lippa ...
Speyer paints thick, lush, overlapping layers of oil paint that are both bold and subtle in their values of color and light.
Speyer is keenly interested in the physicality and spirituality of nature.
Nora Speyer was born in Pittsburgh, PA and has lived in New York City for many years.
www.artnet.com /ag/fineartthumbnails.asp?G=7&cid=57988   (1041 words)

  
 Tishman Speyer
Tishman Speyer are the world’s largest construction project management company, with multiple projects in progress throughout the world at any one time.
Tishman Speyer decided to use the Internet and streaming technology to track the progress of these projects They wanted to test the idea out on a landmark project currently in development in the centre of London.
Users logged on from offices around the world, and it was used by sales teams to sell space in the development, as well as by those who wanted to track the progress of the development themselves.
www.imano.com /9_7_tishman_speyer.htm   (277 words)

  
 Speyer, Pincus Lead Trustees
Speyer and Pincus, who, respectively, will be the 26th and 27th chairmen of the Columbia Trustees, are both long-term trustees of the University.
Speyer, 55, is president and chief executive officer of Tishman Speyer Properties, the global real estate development company established in 1978.
Speyer served as chairman of the Partnership during the past two years.
www.columbia.edu /cu/record/archives/vol21/vol21_iss2/record2102.15.html   (758 words)

  
 Recent Legal Headlines from Attorneys Chelus, Herdzik, Speyer, Monte and Pajak, Buffalo, New York Lawyers
Nicholas L. Mineo has joined the professional staff at Chelus, Herdzik, Speyer, Monte and Pajak, P.C. Nicholas is a graduate of Albany Law School of Union University, and comes to the firm from Fidelity National Financial where he worked as claims counsel.
Chelus, Herdzik, Speyer, Monte and Pajak, P.C. has been a part of this effort since the beginning and is always proud when one of its members has an opportunity to be a contributing speaker.
Michael F. Chelus, president and CEO of the law firm of Chelus, Herdzik, Speyer, Monte and Pajak, P.C., and associate Thomas P. Kawalec.
www.cheluslaw.com /TOCRecentHeadlines.html   (4106 words)

  
 Hypotyposeis: Toward an Understanding of “Forgery”: Speyer
Wolfgang Speyer’s magisterial treatment of literary forgery in pagan and Christian antiquity is
Whether the forger personally regarded his literary deception or, as the case may be, his historical forgery as justified in such a case is irrelevant for the facts of the offense.
Regardless of whether my formulation is accepted, both Metzger’s and Speyer’s definitions require a misstatement of authorship and a malicious intent.
www.hypotyposeis.org /weblog/2005/10/toward-understanding-of-forgery-speyer.html   (702 words)

  
 Homeopathic doctor - Simone Speyer - South Florida
In 1998 Dr. Speyer returned to the Acupressure Acupuncture Institute to receive her four year Diploma in Oriental Medicine.
Her focus is on Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation with the integration of Eastern Medicine such as Acupuncture, Shiatsu, Tai Qi and ETPS (for pain management) to offer a variety of methods to reach the optimal recovery and functional independence and well being for her patients.
However to become an herbalist involves additional training and Dr. Speyer did this to insure that she had the optimal background or baseline on which to build a foundation of Chinese Medical Practice.
www.naturalhealthadvantage.com /drspeyer.htm   (416 words)

  
 City talks with Tishman Speyer about Bryant Street property (August 17, 2001)
Although Tishman Speyer's proposal outlines a specific plan for the site, the city council voted on July 31 to grant the developer exclusive negotiating rights for the property for a 120-day period with one 60-day extension.
Tishman Speyer will pay the city at least $250,000, and up to $300,000 to cover consultant and legal fees for the city during the negotiating process.
But Council member Rosemary Stasek, who has questioned the proposal since Tishman Speyer first came up with it earlier this year, said she is wary of negotiating with a single developer before the city gauges interest from other companies.
www.mv-voice.com /morgue/2001/2001_08_17.bryant.html   (626 words)

  
 Technorati Tag: speyer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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 Dombauverein Speyer e.V. - Dombauverein Speyer e.V.
Dombauverein Speyer e.V. The Romanesque Imperial St Mary’s Cathedral of Speyer was founded by the first Salian emperor Conrad II.
Speyer Cathedral is the most stunning outcome of early Salian architecture and served as a model for the further development of Romanesque church building.
In the course of these modifications the dwarf gallery, which runs all around the structure and is distinctive of Speyer Cathedral, was created in a previously unknown style.
www.dombauverein-speyer.de /html_en   (519 words)

  
 Speyer. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Settled by the Celts, colonized by the Romans, and destroyed by the Huns, it was later rebuilt and made a free imperial city in the 13th century.
Speyer was ceded to France in 1797 and to Bavaria in 1815.
It is an important river port and an industrial and manufacturing center.
www.bartleby.com /61/8/S0630825.html   (125 words)

  
 Tishman Speyer agrees to pay $518m for One Federal tower - The Boston Globe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Tishman Speyer Properties LP, a New York real estate company, has agreed to buy One Federal Street in downtown Boston for about $518 million, according to an executive briefed on the sales negotiations.
Tishman Speyer, a co-owner of a Boston office complex at 125 High St., declined to comment.
The price is ''in the upper ranges" of what recent buyers have been paying for local office buildings, said David I. Begelfer, chief executive of the Massachusetts chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties.
www.boston.com /business/articles/2006/03/07/tishman_speyer_agrees_to_pay_518m_for_one_federal_tower   (353 words)

  
 Real Estate Weekly: Speyer promotes ethics at YM/WREA meeting - Tishman Speyer Properties Pres. Jerry I. Speyer; Young ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Jerry I. Speyer, president of Tishman Speyer Properties, came to the Rainbow Room not to talk about Rock Center - he was precluded by SEC rules - but to talk about ethical business conduct and the current state of the city's real estate.
Speyer said "getting the deal done" is causing deteriorating ethics in all enterprises.
But disturbed by the legions of out of work Americans, Speyer suggested the city, and in particular the Wall Street and banking industries, become host to a jobs program to help retrain displaced workers.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3601/is_n37_v42/ai_18389788   (478 words)

  
 FOEV Speyer - RUVII: Executive Summary
The Research Institute for Public Administration at the German Postgraduate School for Administrative Sciences in Speyer (http://foev.dhv-speyer.de) was founded in 1976.
The intention is to accelerate the spread of e-government technologies in public administration and government on all levels.
The conference took place on the Speyer campus in march 2000 (http://www.dhv-speyer.de/rei/f2k/).
foev.dhv-speyer.de /ruvii/english.htm   (506 words)

  
 Welcome to J. Speyer&Co. ::: Chartered Certified Accountants and Registered Auditors
Speyer & Co., formerly K.D. Speyer & Co., has been operating for over 35 years.
Once you are satisfied that we can provide the service(s) that you require, or should you require further information, simply call or e-mail us for an informal, no-obligation chat.
All queries are dealt with by either the Principal (Jon Speyer) or his team of dedicated, qualified staff.
www.speyer.co.uk   (183 words)

  
 Speyer on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Tishman Speyer Properties, Inc. (interview with Jerry I. Speyer)(Buildings' Professional of the Year...
Reichskammergericht) was located at Speyer from 1526-27 to 1689; after the city had been devastated (1689) by the French during the War of the Grand Alliance, the chamber was moved to Wetzlar.
Travelers-Tishman Speyer venture closes with over $800M in capital.
encyclopedia.infonautics.com /html/S/Speyer.asp   (594 words)

  
 Tishman Speyer
Speyer is also responsible for Tishman Speyer's day-to-day business in the New York metropolitan area.
Speyer was appointed by Mayor Bloomberg as Chair of the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City, the not-for-profit corporation for the City of New York.
Speyer also serves on the Board of Visitors of Columbia College, the Board of Trustees of the New York City Police Foundation, and the Executive Committee of the Board of Governors of the Real Estate Board of New York.
www.tishmanspeyer.com /about/Bios.aspx?id=22   (149 words)

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