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- ↑ Eckhard Wendt: Stettiner Lebensbilder. Veröffentlichungen der Historischen Kommission für Pommern, Reihe V, Band 40. Böhlau Verlag, Köln Weimar Wien 2004, ISBN 3-412-09404-8, S. 392–393.
- ↑ Lehmann, Gustaf (1913). Die Ritter des Ordens Pour le Mérite. Band 2: 1812–1913 (in German). Berlin, German Empire: E.S. Mittler & Sohn. p. 517. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
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