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1303:Groß Grönau
1263:Giesensdorf
1253:Fuhlenhagen
1218:Düchelsdorf
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1688:Steinhorst
1683:Sirksfelde
1678:Sierksrade
1623:Schiphorst
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1313:Groß Sarau
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1258:Geesthacht
1233:Elmenhorst
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