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1437:Langenargen
1411:Wallerstein
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1643:Franconian
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1565:Ravensburg
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1525:Kaufbeuren
1505:Gengenbach
1382:Mindelheim
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1260:Altshausen
1242:Zwiefalten
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1187:Roggenburg
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