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- ↑ So Kolditz near Meißen is mentioned: Günter Meyer, Collection of Materials for the uckermärk bibliography, manuscript, p. 38
- ↑ Christoph Süring, Chronik der Uckermärkischen Hauptstadt Prenzlau von 1585-1654, Prenzlau 1911, p. 15, quoted from Klaus Neitmann , Prenzlau im Zeitalter der Reformation und der Konfessionskämpfe (1500 bis 1648) in Geschichte der Stadt Prenzlau 2009, p. 112.
- 1 2 Christoph Süring, Chronik der Uckermärkischen Hauptstadt Prenzlau von 1585-1654, Prenzlau 1911, p. 15, cited after Klaus Neitmann, Prenzlau im Zeitalter der Reformation und der Konfessionskämpfe (1500 bis 1648) in Geschichte der Stadt Prenzlau 2009, p. 114.
- ↑ According to other tradition already on 26 June 1628: Otto Fischer, Evangelisches Pfarrerbuch der Mark Brandenburg seit der Reformation, 1941 zu Fleck, Johannes
