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Spiesshof
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The Spiesshof is considered one of the most important Renaissance works in Switzerland. Originally it consisted of 5 separate buildings of the monastery St. Leonhard. One of these buildings was already entered in a deed in 1293 under the name "zum Spiess". In 1388 the Basel citizen Hermann von Leymen purchased the biggest part of the five buildings from the monastery and converted them into one piece of real estate.
In the course of time the property was converted and extended several times. The famous Swiss builder Daniel Heintz, for whose services the cities of Basel and Bern were competing, was also involved amongst others.
David Joris (1501 - 1556), born in Bruges, Flanders, was history's most famous owner of the "Spiesshof". He lived here in an early construction from 1546 until 1556. As revenge for a rigour suffered after his death Joris strayed through the house as a ghost henceforth. Until the 19th century the Spiesshof was ill famed as a haunted house.
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