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issue 10/2003 become envoys for leipzig le championships as great hosts and dent of the german sports federation on 10th september the city of leipzig great organisers through the german and dirk thärichen,managing director held an official reception for the leading foreign representatives we might be of the leipzig 2012 gmbh informed the german foreign representatives in berable to convey this esteem as a guidegerman foreign representatives about lin.the mayor of leipzig,wolfgang tieline for the bid to host the olympic and the bid and the possibilities of actively fensee and klaus wowereit the mayor paralympic summer games 2012 supporting the candidate phase in of berlin welcomed almost 250 amjürgen chrobog state secretary at the their respective countries wolfgang bassadors and consuls general who reforeign ministry assured the repretiefensee the mayor of leipzig said presentgermany all over the world.forsentatives of the bid mer foreign minister to host the olympic and chair of the cugames of the full ratory for leipzig s support of the minibid hans-dietrich stry.he showed himgenscher addressed self to be convinced those present in a that the german sweeping speech embassies and confull text on page 3 sulates general asking for support would do their best for the bid to host the to support leipzig olympic and paraand rostock bid to lympic summer gahost the olympic mes 2012 i have coand paralympic me to you in order to summer games bring leipzig and rostock close to your during the official reception at the foreign ministry the representatives of leip 2012 to the utmost of their abilities we hearts leipzig is a zig s bid informed german ambassadors and consuls general will do all we can to place which provides win a gold medal for leipzig and ro our chances are great.the concepthas a home to intellect,spirit and culture as stock said chrobog been agreed upon and it is distinguiswell as to sports i ask you to become the german ambassador to paris frithed by important particular characteenvoys for leipzig jof von nordenskjöld said that leipziristics now we need to make leipzig a in the course of the 4th conference of g s chances were good leipzig needs well-known spot on the map for this the leading german foreign represento promote its particular characteristics we need your help and your contacts it tatives at the foreign ministry,dr.klaus as a city of history a small-scale snug is a great goal that can only be achiesteinbach president of the noc wolfand modest city.in this way,leipzig can ved by co-operation the president of gang tiefensee mayor of leipzig arno fully concentrate on the games and the noc dr klaus steinbach emphasipöker,mayor of rostock,burkhard jung with its convincing programme it has a zed there is confidence in us germans olympic representative for the city of good chance of winning being capable of conducting large-scaleipzig manfred von richthofen presi martina navratilova the most successful tennis player of all times during the 14th international ladies tennis grand prix in leipzig leipzig is a beautiful city a very special place that hasn t been spoilt by tourism and still holds many secrets i feel most warmly welcomed here and the city is big enough for the olympic games regionenmarketing mitteldeutschland is first regional supporter of leipzig 2012 winner of the day is our region which will do its best in support of the bid to host the olympic games said bart j.groot upon signing the contract between the economic initiative regionenmarketing mitteldeutschland and the bid committee leipzig 2012 gmbh at leipzig s new fair we believe in the bid and if we succeed in combining all our forces leipzig s bid will be successful continued groot who is chairman of the board of the regional marketing initiative regionenmarketing,whose support of the bid will total 200,000 euros are the first regional supporter of leipzig s bid to host the olympic and paralympic summer games 2012 the decision of regionenmarketing mitteldeutschland to sign the support contract prior to the announcement of the new corporate design for the bid was a deliberate one we wanted to show our support for the bid in an unambiguous way said martin r.luible,managing director of regionenmarketing mitteldeutschland as soon as the new corporate design is published the new logo shall be used on business documents the website and during events of the economic initiative on behalf of the shareholders mike de vries managing director of the leipzig 2012 gmbh expressed his thanks for the commitment signing this contract regionenmarketing have made a clear gesture showing that the region is willing to take responsibility for the bid said de vries within the scope of the regulations and opportunities defined by the ioc the scale and volume of non-material and communicative opportunities over the next two years were especially interesting they would allow businesses to expand their own activities in a creative way and 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briefing of design competition finalists following the selection of eleven finalists in the international corporate design competition of the leipzig 2012 gmbh for the bid process for hosting the olympic and paralympic summer games 2012,on 3rd september 2003,members of the specialist jury conducted the briefing of the eleven agencies the finalists are boros agentur für kommunikation wuppertal bürogemeinschaft ossenbrunner wagner stuttgart fuenfwerken design ag wiesbaden integral ruedi baur zürich zurich kms team gmbh munich qwer design kommunikation beratung cologne rbvk richard buhl visuelle kommunikation berlin sehsam leipzig stankowski duschek grafisches atelier stuttgart tc gruppe gmbh leipzig und total identity amsterdam with today s briefing commences the creative part of the competition for a new corporate design for the leipzig 2012 gmbh said managing director of the leipzig 2012 gmbh dirk thärichen on 18th october the board will pass its decision on the new corporate design the difficulty lies in creating a corporate design which is precise but open and inviting at the same time said prof erik spiekermann who is a eleven finalists in the corporate design competition and members of the jury of member of the jury specialists on the city-highrise in leipzig moments plaque for leipzig s first olympic champion the first olympic gold medal for germany was won by tennis player heinrich schomburgk in 1912 on 23rd september the verein leipziger ehren e.v honoured his memory with the unveiling of a plaque the name schomburgk stands for the past while hinting towards the future said mike de vries managing director of the leipzig 2012 gmbh initiative it olympia 2012 founded birgit fischer seven times olympic canoeing champion we all fight for leipzig more than 80 former top athletes from all over germany showed their support for leipzig s bid to host the olympic games 2012 with this event we want to promote the bid to host the olympic games in leipzig and the free state of saxony explained klaus katzur who organised the reunion of winners of silver medals in swimming in munich in 1972 the athletes who have come together here do fully support the bid including all the athletes who supported other cities during the national phase of the bid process cornelia ender-grummt quadruple olympic champion in swimming in montreal 1976 i will do all i can in support of leipzig ulimprint published by v.i.s.p phone fax e-mail internet produced by rike richter-schmidt confirmed we all fightfor leipzig the meeting was organised by sportclub riesa this meeting will carry the olympic spirit into the whole country said markus mütsch president of the sports club the scientific initiative it olympia 2012 will support the creation of the bid documents for the ioc with pioneering innovations in the information technology sector mike de vries managing director of the leipzig 2012 gmbh it is essential to have the sciences on board to create a successful bid fdp ag olympia 2012 supports leipzig leipzig stands excellent chances with the new sports venues concept it is now necessary that everyone in germany fights for the bid we re all in the same boat ­ there is no room for local patriotism olympic champion ursula happe great concept bewerbungskomitee leipzig 2012 gmbh augustusplatz 9 04109 leipzig dirk thärichen managing director 03 41/22 29-0 03 41/22 29-200 info@leipzig2012.de www.leipzig2012.de westend public relations gmbh members of the working party ag olympia 2012 of the fdp liberal democratic party came on an informative visit on the current state-ofaffairs on leipzig s bid and offered their support i am enthusiastic about the bid said dr klaus von lindeiner fourth from right financial manager of the olympic games 1972 in munich 2

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full speech by hans-dietrich genscher dear ladies and gentlemen i have come to you in order to bring leipzig and rostock close to you hearts when you are no longer in the position to issue instructions you have to bring things close to people s hearts.and this is what i am doing now with great sincerity you have witnessed in the presentations of the two mayors that both venues chosen by the national olympic committee have really charming representatives what mr tiefensee said on the relationship of all for leipzig moves me too for me leipzig is a wonderful city but that is less important than the fact that goethe in his dichtung und wahrheit in the chapters where he is talking about the truth sings a wonderful song of praise of leipzig his praise of the advantages of this city and especially its people is so compassionate and empathetic that this alone should suffice in convincing many members of the ioc and he is right about this little paris ­ and i would not want to cut out the little in this context because in competition with the really big cities our two german contenders have something special to offer and they might open opportunities for future games not to be held in metropolises but places that provide a home to sports culture,intellect and spirit.and with certainty,this holds true for these two cities let me begin with rostock which is further away from [my birthplace halle on the baltic sea this baltic sea is an example of a separating sea which binds peoples together i cannot imagine any country around the baltic sea that would not be in favour of rostock and leipzig which city can claim to have been praised in such a way by goethe to have been the place where not only innovator richard wagner was baptised but also the place where karl liebknecht was born his father was always opposed in principle to his son being baptised but in the long term he accurately foresaw germany s development.what is interesting is that among the godparents of little karl there were two people who are still well-known karl marx and friedrich engels.marx had asked to be excused but engels was present at the baptism there might be regions in the world where even this fact could be decisive today leipzig is a city of sports yes ladies and gentlemen which trainer will not remember their time in this city i have witnessed again and again that active athletes and trainers too spoke this amiable german dialect which is simply conveyed by a prolonged stay in leipzig ingratiating avoiding all hard edges there is this wonderful story of a citizen of leipzig who is run into by a car in munich and immediately says to the driver who is a giant while the man from leipzig is rather small if you don t pay damages immediately i ll be furious upon this the driver a bavarian with the body of a lumber-jack or ski teacher looks puzzled and says but have you ever seen a furious saxon no says the saxon and it might not actually be necessary this is saxony s wonderful reconciliatory nature leipzig a cosmopolitan city leipzig a city of trade fairs leiptook part dear mayor for this too we have to be grateful to your city and we do not intend to hide this under a bushel i am saying this here in front of german representatives abroad because during my term of office i had to witness that whatever was thought in some german circles about the aim of reunification was a strong aim of our politics and this is what you should communicate genscher left and tiefensee in conversation zig the city with the university where i was blessed with passing the first law exam and this was on 5th october 1949 two days before the founding of the german democratic republic leipzig the city of the peaceful revolution when the eyes of entire world were focused on the city just as ernst reuter once said about berlin peoples of this world look at this city they did look at leipzig this has greatly enriched us germans in a material way it was a great bonus in our history which we owe especially to the people of leipzig and the former german democratic republic ­ but leipzig has become a symbol we should not assign little value to being able to say this time when freedom was at stake us germans today i speak in the company of two secretaries of state who represent to subsequent bearers of office my term of office at the foreign ministry has made it possible that there are only so few it was a different matter at the home office and i think it is a very good thing that the federal government supports the bid so strongly but ladies and gentlemen please allow me to deviate from my rule of not giving public advice to subsequent bearers of office and to say that it would be wonderful to be invited to a conference of ambassadors in leipzig when the date of the olympic games is drawing closer so much for today,ladies and gentlemen.i ask you to become envoys for leipzig thank you 3

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