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- ↑ Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft. "Verordnung über das Bundesinventar der Landschaften und Naturdenkmäler, Anhang 1" (in German). Retrieved 2019-06-22.
- ↑ "Aarewaage / ("Woog")" (in German). Gemeinde Aarburg. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
- ↑ "Die Aarewaage – ein einzigartiges Naturphänomen" (in German). Swissinfo. 2003-08-06. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
- ↑ "Aarewaage: Sanierung startet Mitte April" (in German). Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen Aargau/Solothurn. 2014-04-11. Retrieved 2019-06-22.
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