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- ↑ "Porträtsammlung Stralsunder Bürgermeister und Ratsherren bekommt Zuwachs"
- ↑ "Schwing, Carl Georg"
- ↑ Theodor Wengler: Der Provinzialverband Pommern. Verzeichnis der Mitglieder des Provinziallandtages. Veröffentlichungen der Historischen Kommission für Pommern, Reihe V, Band 44. Böhlau Verlag, Köln Weimar Wien 2008, ISBN 978-3-412-20109-8, S. 12–32.
- ↑ "Stralsund erhält Bürgermeister-Porträt"
- ↑ "Amtliche liste der schiffe der deutschen kriegs und handelsmarine mit ihren unterscheidungssignalen, als anhang zum Internationalen signalbuch"
