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- ↑ "Synode: Reformierte Kirchen Bern-Jura-Solothurn". www.refbejuso.ch.
- ↑ "Kirchgemeinden: Reformierte Kirchen Bern-Jura-Solothurn". www.refbejuso.ch.
- ↑ Reformierte Kirchen Bern-Jura-Solothurn: Feiern in besonderen Lebenslagen (German)
- ↑ "www.refbejuso.ch/publikationen/links/kirchgemeinden-bezirke.html".
