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- 1 2 Dede, Klaus. An Weser und Jade – 1400-1429. Accessed on 11 January 2010.
- ↑ Schmidt, Heinrich (1975). Politische Geschichte Ostfrieslands. Rautenberg, Leer (Ostfriesland im Schutze des Deiches, Bd. 5), p. 85.
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