Urban History 4D: Explore and discover city history in four dimensions

Overview

This project on four-dimensional research and communication of urban history aims to make just this sort of scenario possible. Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, it is a cooperation project between the Technische Universität Dresden and University of Würzburg.

The aim is to investigate and develop methods and technologies to transfer extensive repositories of historical media and their contextual information into a three-dimensional spatial model, with an additional temporal component. This will make content accessible to different target groups, researchers and the public, via a 4D browser. A location-dependent augmented-reality representation can be used as an information base, research tool, and to communicate historical knowledge.

The data resources available for this research include extensive holdings of historical photographs of Dresden, which have documented the city over the decades, and digitized map collections on the Deutsche Fotothek (German photographic collection) platform. These will lay the foundation for a prototype model which will give users a virtual experience of historic parts of Dresden.

Research Group Urban History

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Funding

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
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Team

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Florian NieblingProf. Dr.-Ing. Florian Niebling Jonas BruschkeJonas Bruschke
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 Dr. Heike Messemer (Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg)Dr. Heike Messemer (Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg)
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 Cindy Kröber (Friedrich Schiller University Jena)Cindy Kröber (Friedrich Schiller University Jena)
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 Rebekka Dietz (Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg)Rebekka Dietz (Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg)
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 Prof. Dr. Sander Münster (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena)Prof. Dr. Sander Münster (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena)
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 Prof. Dr. Stefan Bürger (Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg)Prof. Dr. Stefan Bürger (Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg)
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 Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ferdinand Maiwald (TU Dresden)Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ferdinand Maiwald (TU Dresden)
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 Dr. Kristina Friedrichs (Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg)Dr. Kristina Friedrichs (Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg)
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Publications

  • Sander Münster, Ferdinand Maiwald, Jonas Bruschke, Cindy Kröber, Rebecca Dietz, Heike Messemer and Florian Niebling:
    "WHERE ARE WE NOW ON THE ROAD TO 4D URBAN HISTORY RESEARCH AND DISCOVERY?"
    in
    ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
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    vol. VIII-M-1-2021
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    pp. 109-116
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    2021
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    doi: 10.5194/isprs-annals-VIII-M-1-2021-109-2021
  • Jonas Bruschke, Markus Wacker and Florian Niebling:
    "Comparing Methods to Visualize Orientation of Photographs: A User Study"
    in
    Research and education in urban history in the age of digital libraries
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    pp. 129-151
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    2021
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    doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-93186-5_6
  • Sander Münster, Ferdinand Maiwald, Christoph Lehmann, Taras Lazariv, Mathias Hofmann and Florian Niebling:
    "An automated pipeline for a browser-based, city-scale mobile 4D VR application based on historical images"
    in
    Proceedings of the 2nd workshop on structuring and understanding of multimedia HeritAge contents
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    pp. 33-40
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    2020
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    doi: 10.1145/3423323.3425748
  • Sander Münster, Florian Niebling, Jonas Bruschke, Kristina Barthel, Kristina Friedrichs, Cindy Kröber and Ferdinand Maiwald:
    "Urban History Research and Discovery in the Age of Digital Repositories. A Report About Users and Requirements"
    in
    Digital cultural heritage
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    pp. 63-84
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    2020
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    doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-15200-0_5
  • Florian Niebling, Jonas Bruschke, Heike Messemer, Markus Wacker and Sebastian Mammen:
    "Analyzing Spatial Distribution of Photographs in Cultural Heritage Application"
    in
    Visual Computing in Cultural Heritage
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    2020
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    doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-37191-3
  • Florian Niebling:
    "Visualizing orientations of large numbers of photographs"
    in
    Proceedings of the 1st workshop on structuring and understanding of multimedia HeritAge contents
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    pp. 1-2
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    2019
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    doi: 10.1145/3347317.3352729
  • Leyla Dewitz, Sander Münster and Florian Niebling:
    "Workshop: Usability-Testing für Softwarewerkzeuge in den Digital Humanities am Beispiel von Bildrepositorien"
    in
    DHd 2019 Digital Humanities: multimedial & multimodal. Konferenzabstracts, Frankfurt am Main
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    pp. 52-55
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    2019
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  • Florian Niebling:
    "Geospatial visualization of historical photographs"
    in
    Space is the place. Mapping visual media & the geospatial turn. University of antwerp
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    2019
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  • Leyla Dewitz, Cindy Kröber, Heike Messemer, Ferdinand Maiwald, Sander Münster, Jonas Bruschke and Florian Niebling:
    "HISTORICAL PHOTOS AND VISUALIZATIONS: POTENTIAL FOR RESEARCH"
    in
    ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
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    vol. XLII-2/W15
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    pp. 405-412
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    2019
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    doi: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-2-W15-405-2019
  • Ferdinand Maiwald, Jonas Bruschke, Christoph Lehmann and Florian Niebling:
    "A 4D Information System for the Exploration of Multitemporal Images and Maps using Photogrammetry, Web Technologies and VR/AR"
    in
    Virtual Archaeology Review
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    vol. 10
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    no. 21
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    pp. 1-13
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    2019
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    doi: 10.4995/var.2019.11867
  • Ferdinand Maiwald, Frank Henze, Jonas Bruschke and Florian Niebling:
    "Geo-Information Technologies for a Multimodal Access on Historical Photographs and Maps for Research and Communication in Urban History"
    in
    ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
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    vol. XLII-2/W11
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    pp. 763-769
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    2019
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    doi: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-2-W11-763-2019
  • Florian Niebling, Michael Haas and Andre Blessing:
    "Integration of services for software development in DH: A case study of image classification using convolutional neural networks"
    in
    INFORMATIK 2019: 50 jahre gesellschaft für informatik–informatik für gesellschaft (workshop-beiträge)
    ,
    2019
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    doi: 10.18420/inf2019_ws17
  • Sander Münster, Heike Messemer, Peggy Große, Piotr Kuroczyński and Florian Niebling:
    "Panel: Das Wissen in der 3D-Rekonstruktion"
    in
    DHd 2019 Digital Humanities: multimedial & multimodal. Konferenzabstracts, Frankfurt am Main
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    pp. 63-65
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    2019
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  • Florian Niebling, Ferdinand Maiwald, Kristina Barthel and Marc Erich Latoschik:
    "4D Augmented City Models, Photogrammetric Creation and Dissemination"
    in
    Digital research and education in architectural heritage
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    pp. 196-212
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    2018
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    doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-76992-9_12
  • Jonas Bruschke, Ferdinand Maiwald, Sander Münster and Florian Niebling:
    "Browsing and Experiencing Repositories of Spatially Oriented Historic Photographic Images"
    in
    Studies in Digital Heritage
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    vol. 2
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    no. 2
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    pp. 138-149
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    2018
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    doi: 10.14434/sdh.v2i2.24460
  • Sander Münster, Kristina Friedrichs, Florian Niebling and Agnieszka Seidel-Grzesinska:
    "Digital Encounters with Cultural Heritage"
    in
    Communications in Computer and Information Science, Springer
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    2018
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    doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-76992-9
  • Kristina Friedrichs, Sander Münster, Florian Niebling, Ferdinand Maiwald, Jonas Bruschke and Kristina Barthel:
    "Workshop: Digitale Bildrepositorien – wirkliche Arbeitserleichterung oder zeitraubend?"
    in
    DHd 2018 Digital Humanities: Kritik der Digitalen Vernunft. Konferenzabstracts, Cologne
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    pp. 30-33
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    2018
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  • Jonas Bruschke, Florian Niebling and Markus Wacker:
    "Visualization of Orientations of Spatial Historical Photographs"
    in
    Eurographics workshop on graphics and cultural heritage
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    2018
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    doi: 10.2312/gch.20181359
  • Florian Niebling, Jonas Bruschke and Marc Erich Latoschik:
    "Browsing Spatial Photography for Dissemination of Cultural Heritage Research Results using Augmented Models"
    in
    Eurographics workshop on graphics and cultural heritage
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    2018
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    doi: 10.2312%2fgch.20181358
  • Florian Niebling, Sander Münster, Jonas Bruschke, Ferdinand Maiwald and Kristina Friedrichs:
    "Stadtgeschichtliche forschung anhand räumlich- und zeitlich verorteter photographien"
    in
    GI-Workshop INF-DH
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    2018
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    doi: 10.18420/INFDH2018-02
  • Jonas Bruschke and Florian Niebling:
    "Räumliches durchsuchen von repositorien historischer fotografien"
    in
    Mensch und Computer 2018 - Workshopband
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    2018
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    doi: 10.18420/MUC2018-DEMO-0440
  • Ferdinand Maiwald, Danilo Schneider, Frank Henze, Sander Münster and Florian Niebling:
    "FEATURE MATCHING OF HISTORICAL IMAGES BASED ON GEOMETRY OF QUADRILATERALS."
    in
    International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
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    vol. 42
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    no. 2
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    pp. 643-650
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    2018
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    doi: 10.5194/isprs-archives-xlii-2-643-2018
  • Ferdinand Maiwald, Kristina Barthel, Jonas Bruschke, Kristina Friedrichs, Cindy Kröber, Sander Münster and Florian Niebling:
    "Research and communication of urban history in 4D using historical photographs–a status report of the research group UrbanHistory4D"
    in
    Euro-mediterranean conference
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    pp. 261-270
    ,
    2018
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    doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-01762-0_22
  • Sander Münster, Kristina Barthel, Jonas Bruschke, Kristina Friedrichs, Cindy Kröber, Ferdinand Maiwald and Florian Niebling:
    "Stadtgeschichtliche Forschung und Vermittlung anhand historischer Fotos als Forschungsgegenstand – Ein Zwischenbericht der Nachwuchsgruppe HistStadt4D"
    in
    DHd 2018
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    pp. 466-469
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    2018
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    doi: 10.5281/zenodo.3684897
  • Florian Niebling, Ferdinand Maiwald, Sander Münster, Jonas Bruschke and Frank Henze:
    "Accessing Urban History using Spatial Historical Photographs"
    in
    2018 digital heritage
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    pp. 1-8
    ,
    2018
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    doi: 10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2018.8809998
  • Florian Niebling and Marc Erich Latoschik:
    "Browsing Spatial Photography using Augmented Models"
    in
    Proceedings of the 17th IEEE international symposium on mixed and augmented reality (ISMAR)
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    pp. 47-48
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    2018
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    doi: 10.1109/ISMAR-Adjunct.2018.00031
  • Sander Münster, Cindy Kröber, Kristina Friedrichs, Jonas Bruschke, Frank Henze and Florian Niebling:
    "Novel Approaches to research and discover urban history"
    in
    Digital humanities 2017: Conference abstracts
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    2017
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  • Sander Münster, Florian Niebling, Jonas Bruschke and Kristina Barthel:
    "Urban History Research and Discovery in the Age of Digital Repositories. A Report on the Current State of Research and Novel Approaches"
    in
    International Land Use Symposium 2017
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    2017
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  • Sander Münster, Cindy Kröber, Kristina Friedrichs, Jonas Bruschke, Ferdinand Maiwald and Florian Niebling:
    "Urban History in 4 Dimensions - Supporting Research and Education"
    in
    The international archives of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences
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    vol. XLII-2/W5
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    pp. 525-530
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    2017
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    doi: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-2-W5-525-2017
  • Florian Niebling, Sander Münster, Kristina Friedrichs, Frank Henze, Cindy Kröber and Jonas Bruschke:
    "Panel: Zugänglichkeit und dauerhafte Nutzbarkeit historischer Bildrepositorien für Forschung und Vermittlung"
    in
    Digital humanities im deutschsprachigen raum (DHd)
    ,
    2017
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  • Jonas Bruschke, Florian Niebling, Ferdinand Maiwald, Kristina Friedrichs, Markus Wacker and Marc Erich Latoschik:
    "Towards Browsing Repositories of Spatially Oriented Historic Photographic Images in 3D Web Environments"
    in
    Proceedings of Web3D ’17, brisbane, QLD, australia
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    pp. 1-6
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    2017
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    doi: 10.1145/3055624.3075947
  • Ferdinand Maiwald, Theresa Vietze, Danilo Schneider, Sander Münster and Florian Niebling:
    "Photogrammetric Analysis of Historical Image Repositories for Virtual Reconstruction in the Field of Digital Humanities"
    in
    ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
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    vol. XLII-2/W3
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    pp. 447-452
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    2017
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    doi: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-2-W3-447-2017
  • Cindy Kröber, Sander Münster, Kristina Friedrichs and Florian Niebling:
    "Researching historic photos – Visualizations and potentials beyond the image"
    ,
    2016
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  • Sander Münster and Florian Niebling:
    "Building a Wiki resource on visual knowledge related knowledge assets"
    in
    Towards a new architecture of knowledge: Big data, culture, creativity
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    2016
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  • Sander Münster, Cindy Kröber, Kristina Friedrichs, Jonas Bruschke, Frank Henze and Florian Niebling:
    "Neue Wege stadtgeschichtlicher Forschung und Vermittlung"
    in
    Elektronische medien & kunst, kultur und historie (EVA)
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    pp. 214-221
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    2016
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    doi: 10.11588/arthistoricum.256.c3095
  • Sander Münster and Florian Niebling:
    "HistStadt4D - Multimodale Zugänge zu historischen Bildrepositorien zur Unterstützung stadt- und baugeschichtlicher Forschung und Vermittlung"
    in
    Digital Humanities im deutschsprachigen Raum (DHd) 2016, nisaba verlag
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    pp. 202-206
    ,
    2016
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