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- ↑ "Last name origin & meaning: Weideman", Namelab, http://genealogy.familyeducation.com/surname-origin/weidmann
- ↑ "Grimms Deutsches Wörterbuch, Lemma: Weide, http://dwb.uni-trier.de/Projekte/WBB2009/DWB//wbgui_py"
- ↑ "Font Designer - Kurt Weidemann", Linotype, http://www.linotype.com/639/kurtweidemann.html
- ↑ "Magnus Weidemann", Evangelist and Artist, http://magnusweidemann.de/index.html
- ↑ "White Dwarfs - Volker Weidemann", Astronomer, http://saturn.astrophysik.uni-kiel.de/~koester/workshops/workshops.html
- ↑ "Masses and Evolutionary Status of White Dwarfs", Volker Weidemann, http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.aa.28.090190.000535?cookieSet=1&journalCode=astro
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