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- 1 2 "Horst Christill – neuer Dekanatskantor in Landau" (in German). Diocese of Speyer. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ↑ "Horst Christill" (in German). Habakuk . Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ↑ "Horst Christill" (in German). Wetzlar Cathedral. 2001. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
- ↑ "Abschied von Bezirkskantor Horst Christill" (in German). Diocese of Limburg. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
