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- ↑ Förstemann ibid., Col. 596
- ↑ "dMGH | Band | Antiquitates [Dichtung und Gedenküberlieferung]| Libri memoriales et Necrologia, Nova series (Libri mem. N.S.) | 1: Das Verbrüderungsbuch der Abtei Reichenau | Titelblatt: Das Verbrüderungsbuch der Abtei Reichenau Zentralbibliothek Zürich Ms. Rh. hist. 27". Mgh.de. 2011-04-04. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
- ↑ E. Förstemann, Altdeutsches Namenbuch (1856), p. 1347.
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