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- ↑ "Imperial Bishops: H-P". Archived from the original on 2007-08-20. Retrieved 2007-08-02.
- Wentz, Gottfried: Die Bistümer der Kirchenprovinz Magdeburg: Das Bistum Havelberg, part of Germania Sacra. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1933. Reprinted 1963. ISBN 978-3-11-001285-9 pp. 58–59
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