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- ↑ Van der Borg bij afscheid als burgemeester: ‘Wees zuinig op elkaar’, Algemeen Dagblad, 10 January 2020
- ↑ Dirk van der Borg eerste burgemeester Molenwaard, Nederlands Genootschap van Burgemeesters
