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Alexandria · MMXXVIExplicit colophon · 2026

Place · 1242 CE

Kiel

Also known as

Chilomium
Chilomium
Cȳl
Kiel, Duitsland
Kielia
Kijlo

Image illustrating Kiel — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Kielsee Wikimedia Commons

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in countryGerman Reich1871 CE
in countryGermany1949 CE
birthplace ofAlexander Bommes1976 CE
birthplace ofAlica Stuhlemmer1999 CE
place of death ofAnna Petrovna of Russia1708 CE

+ 12 further connections to entries not yet ingested

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birthplace ofEmil Willer1932 CE

birthplace ofErnst Busch1900 CE

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