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Leipzig, in: Staatliche Schlösser, Burgen und Gärten Sachsens (Hrsg.), Sachsen Grün. Historische Gärten und Parks, L & H Verlag Hamburg / Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-938608-02-1, pp. 166–168, in
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memorial and in front of the St. Thomas Church, a representative open space design with ornamental plants was created, which harmonized with the
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