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- 1 2 3 Heinrich Beyer: Urkundenbuch zur Geschichte der, jetzt die preussischen Regierungsbezirke Coblenz und Trier bildenden mittelrheinischen Territorien, Vol. 2, Coblenz: Hölscher, 1865, page XVIII (dilibri Rheinland-Pfalz)
- 1 2 Johann Friedrich Schannat: Eiflia illustrata oder geographische und historische Beschreibung der Eifel, Vol. 1, 1824, pp. 131 ff (Google Books)
- ↑ Werner Bornheim: Zur älteren Geschichte der Grafen von Ahre in "Archiv für mittelrheinische Kirchengeschichte", Gesellschaft für Mittelrheinische Kirchengeschichte, 1954, p. 130 (dilibri Rheinland-Pfalz)