- Spiez
Infobox Swiss town
subject_name = Spiez
municipality_name = Spiez
municipality_type = city
imagepath_coa = Spiez-coat of arms.svg|pixel_coa=
languages = German
canton = Berne
iso-code-region = CH-BE
district = Niedersimmental
lat_d=46|lat_m=41|lat_NS=N|long_d=7|long_m=40|long_EW=E
postal_code = 3700
municipality_code = 0768
area = 16.78
elevation = 607|elevation_description=
population = 12528|populationof = January 2008 | popofyear = 2008
website = www.spiez.ch
mayor = Franz Arnold|mayor_asof=|mayor_party=
mayor_title = |list_of_mayors =
places =
demonym =
neighboring_municipalities=Aeschi bei Spiez ,Hilterfingen ,Krattigen ,Oberhofen am Thunersee ,Reutigen ,Sigriswil ,Thun ,Wimmis ,Zwieselberg
twintowns =Prachatice (Czech Republic)|Spiez is a municipality in the district of Niedersimmental in the canton of Bern in
Switzerland .It has approximately 12,500 inhabitants and is located at the south bank of
Lake Thun . The medieval castle in town dates from the 15th and 16th Centuries. Visitors can visit the grand halls within the castle, including the Baroque Banquet Hall built in 1614.The "
Hotel Belvédère " in Spiez accommodated theGerman national football team during the 1954 World Cup (soccer) held in Switzerland. "The spirit of Spiez", developed there among the players, is regarded as important factor that helped the German team to win the world championship.External links
*wikitravel
* [http://www.spiez.ch Official web page of the municipality Spiez]
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/mhowells/tags/spiez/ Regularly updated galley of photographs from Spiez by Mark Howells, a British resident in the town]
* [http://www.labor-spiez.ch/ SPIEZ LABORATORY, the Swiss NBC-defence institute]
* [http://www.letsgo-europe.com/Switzerland/spiez/ Spiez: Map and Photos]
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