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- Willi Eisele (1972), "Johann Georg", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 9, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 501–501
- E. G. Johler: Geschichte, Land- und Ortskunde der souverainen teutschen Fürstenthümer Hohenzollern, Hechingen und Sigmaringen, 1824, p. 54 ff
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