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- ↑ http://www.ref-ag.ch/meine-kirche/ www.ref-ag.ch/meine-kirche/
- ↑ www.ref-ag.ch/meine-kirche/gemeinden-a-bis-z/kirchgemeinden/schneisingen-siglistorf.php
- ↑ http://www.reformiert-online.net/adressen/detail.php?id=13300&lg=eng www.reformiert-online.net/adressen/detail.php?id=13300&lg=eng
- ↑ Reformierte Landeskirche Aargau: Homosexualität und Kirche nach fünf Jahren ausdiskutiert Archived 2012-09-15 at archive.today (German)
- ↑ Aargauer Zeitung.ch: Die Reformierte Kirche im Aargau unterstützt die Ehe für alle (german), September 18, 2019
- ↑ www.ref-ag.ch/meine-kirche/gemeinden-a-bis-z/
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