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Who was the the legendary beard-stained lover of wine who introduced vine cultivation east of the Rhine River in the late eighth century?

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Charlemagne.

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What were the first recorded vines in Germany?

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Pinot Noir were the first documented vines to arrive in the 14th century by monks from Burgundy.

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What year does Spatlese harvesting date to in Germany?

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1775, when harvesters at Schloss Johannisberg in Reingau found that, despite their appearance, grapes afflicted with edelfaule (noble rot) made pretty good wine.

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What does edelfaule mean in German?

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Noble Rot.

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Which estate introduced Auslese category in 1787?

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Schloss Johnnisberg.

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Which year and estate introduced Eiswien?

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Schloss Johnnisber in 1858.

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Name the rivers in Germany that most wine is grown near.

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Mosel, Rhine, Main, Nahe, and Elbe.

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What grape crossing created in 1882 in Germany.

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Muller-Thurgau, created at Geisenheim in 1882, displaced Silvander in the late 1960’s to become Germany’s most planted grape. The Geisenheim Wine Institute in Rheingau developed a number of hardier grape crossing that would ripen in greater abundance across a variety of sites.

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Muller-Thurgau is a crossing of which two grapes?

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Riesling x Madeleine.

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Dornfelder is a crossing of which two grapes?

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Helfensteiner and Heroldrebe.

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What is the most planted red grape crossing?

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Dornfelder, bred in 1956, is the most prominent German red crossing and is currently the country’s second most planted red grape.

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What are the white grape varieties grown in Germany?

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Riesling, Muller-Thurgau, Silvander, Graubergunder(Pinot Gris), Weissburgergunder (Pinot Blanc), Kerner and Bacchus.

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13
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Pradikatswein has how many different tiers of quality and what are they?

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Kabinett
Spatlese
Auslese
Beerenauslese
Trokenbeerenaulese
Eiswein
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What determines the pradikat levels?

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The pradikat level is determined by the level of sugars in the grape at harvest, measured by degrees according to the Ochsle scale.

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What is the Ochsle scale?

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The Oechsle Scale is a hydrometer scale measuring the density of grape must, which is an indication of grape ripeness and sugar content used in wine-making. It is named for Ferdinand Oechsle (1774-1852) and it is widely used in the German, Swiss and Luxembourgish wine-making industries. On the Oechsle scale, one degree Oechsle (° Oe) corresponds to one gram of the difference between the mass of one litre of must at 20 °C and 1 kg (the mass of 1 litre of water). For example, must with a specific mass of 1084 grams per litre has 84° Oe.

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Kabinett minimum Ochcle range?

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70-85

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Spatlese minimum Ochcle range?

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80-95

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Auslese minimum Ochcle range?

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88-105

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Beernauslese minimum Ochcle range?

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110-128

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Trokenbeerenauslese minimum Ochcle range?

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150-154

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Eiswein minimum Ochcle range?

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110-128

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What is the VDP in Germany?

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The Verband Deutscher Pradikatsweinguter, or VDP, is a national association of producers committed to top quality wine production.

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Charta wines are distinguished by what icon the bottle?

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An icon of three Roman arches-styled from the balcony of Graue Haus, in Winkel-respresented the first major attempt by producers to validate dry wines within a system that only rewards sugar.

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Why was the propose of creating Charta?

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The core belief is in the quality and tradition to promote dry Riesling with renewed emphasis on terroir and vineyard site as a measure of quality.

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VDP Classifications for Grosse Lage?

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“Grand Cru”: Wines (max. 50 hl/ha)

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VDP Classifications for Erte Lage?

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“Premier Cru”: Wines (60 hl/ha)

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VDP Classifications for Ortswein?

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Village Wines (75 hl/ha)

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VDP Classifications for Gutswein?

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Regional Wines (max 75 hl/ha)

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29
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VDP membership includes?

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  • Estate bottling
  • Capsules on all member estates’ bottles must be emblazoned with VDP logo
  • A Stylized eagle clasping a cluster of grapes
30
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Mosel Kabinett Rieslings can be described as?

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One of the worlds most delicate wines. Shimmering star-bright, full of green apple fruit, slate and candle wax, rarely topping off at more than 8% alcohol, and with racy, high acidity to keep the sweetness balanced: the classic Kabinett style of the Mosel cannot be imitated.

31
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What does a goldkapsel mean on the bottle?

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The Mosel is a source of graceful, low alcohol, honeyed sweet wines at all pradikat levels, and many producers bottle small quantities of “reserve” selections with a gold-colored capsule. This generally indicates additional sweetness due to a higher must weight, and is most commonly encountered on Auslese bottling. Even richer bottling are marked with a Lange Goldkapsel- giving a clue to an increase in price.

32
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Which way does the Mosel river flow?

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Eastward, from France throught the Vosges Mountains into Germany.

33
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The Mosel is divided into how many bereiches? And what are names of them?

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The Mosel is divided into six bereiche: Bernkastel, Burg Cochem, Saar, Ruwertel, Obermosel and Moseltor.

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What is the largest bereich in the Mosel?

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The Benkastel bereich is the largest, occupying a strech of the Mosel from Trier to Zell, wherein most of the Mosel’s greatest gemeinden and einzellagen are located.

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Name the order of villages along the Mosel going northward toward Zell:

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Trittenheim, Piesport, Brauneberg, Bernkastel-Kues, Graach-an-der-Mosel, Wehlen, Zeltingen, Urzig and Erden appear on right after an other, as the river snakes northward toward Zell.

36
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What is the region between Trier and Zell called?

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Mittelmosel, and Riesling overwhelmingly dominates it vineyards. The soils are composed of dark blue Devonian slate, although red slate characterizes the vineyards near Erden.

37
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In the Mittelmosel what positive effect does the location do to the vineyards?

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The absorptive blue slate retains heat and the river reflects warmth onto the vineyards, allowing them to ripen in a region where the annual average temp is 49-8 colder than the grapevine’s ideal annual temp.

38
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What does Grosse lage wine mean?

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Germany’s top-rung classification for an individual vineyard site, equivalent to France’s Grand Cru.

39
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What does Einzellagen mean?

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As defined by the German wine laws of 1971, an Einzellage is an individual vineyard site with a minimum size of 5 HECTARES (about 121/2 acres). This law caused the absorption of many tiny vineyards into larger ones, reducing the total number of vineyards from approximately 25,000 to about 2,600. The result is a situation similar to France’s BURGUNDY region where a vineyard may be divided among many different growers.

40
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What is the best vineyard in Piesport?

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Piesport’s greatest vineyard in Goldtropfchen-“droplets of gold”

41
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Who are the the two producers made famous by the Goldtropfchen vineyards in Piesport Germany?

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Reinhold Haart and Reichsgraff von Kesselstatt, make some of the best wines in Piesport from Goldtropfchen vineyard, a natural amphitheatre, provides excellent terrio for Riesling and is one of the Mosel’s most pedigreed sites.

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Which German vineyard is known as the “Sundail”?

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Brauneberg’s Juffer-Sonnenuhr vineyard is one of the Mosel’s “sundail vineyrads. Along with Wehlener Sonnenuhr and Zeltnger Sonnenhr, Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr features a sundial in the cliff face, allowing vineyard workers to know the time.

43
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Which site is home to the famous Doctor vineyards?

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Bernkastel-Kues is the site of famous Doctor vineyard, reputedly the source of miraculously curative wines in the 14th century and an exception to the 1971 German Wine law.

44
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Which vineyards hold the nick name the”spice garden”?

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Urziger Wurzgarden.

45
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What estates produce wines from Urzig?

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The Monchhof estate and its subsidiary Joh. Joe. Christopher Erben are based in Urzig and are prominent producers of Wurzgarden Wines.

46
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What Mosel subregion is known for having red slate ?

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Erden.

47
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What great vineyards are found in Erden?

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Pralat and Treppchen.

48
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What is the Mosel’s warmest sites?

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Pralat is one of the Mosel’s warmest sites

49
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Which southern Mosel region is actually cooler than the mittlemosel?

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The Saar Bereich covers vineyards surrounding a portion of the Saar River, a tributary of the Mosel south of Trier. Despite its more southerly location, the Saar Valley is cooler than the Mittlemosel, due to the higher altitude.

50
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Which vintages were exceptional for Saar Valley wines?

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2003 or 2005

51
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Which vineyard is known for being the Mosel’s finest site’s?

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Scharzhofberger, an ortsteil within the gemeinde of Wiltingen, is highly regarded as one of the Mosel’s finest sites; Egon Muller is it greatest grower.

52
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Important Gemeinden and Einzellagen in Saar?

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  • Wiltingen: Scharzhofberger

- Saarbur:Rausch

53
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Important Gemeinden and Einzellagen in Ruwer?

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  • Eitelsbach:Karthauserhofberg

- Mertesdorf:Abtsberg, Herrenberg, Bruderberg

54
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Important Gemeinden and Einzellagen in Mosel?

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  • Trttenheim:Apotheke
  • Piesport:Goldtrophfchen, Domherr
  • Brauneberg: Juffer, Juffer Sonnenuhr
  • Bernkastel-Kues: Doctor, Lay
  • Graach an der Mosel: Domprobst, Josephshofer (monopole of Reichsgraff von Kesselstatt)
  • Wehlen: Sonnenuhr
  • Zeltingen: Sonnenuhr
  • Urzig: Wurzgarten
  • Erden: Pralat, Treppchen
55
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What region is home to the longest southeast-facing slope in Germany?

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Rheingau.

56
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What river runs throught the Rheingau region of Germany?

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The Rhine River.

57
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What soils are found in the Rheingau?

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Soil in the upper slope vineyards is dominated by slate, whereas the lower vineyards closer to the water contain a mixture of clay, loess, alluvial sand and red slate.

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What effect does terrior have on the Rieslings of the Rheingau compared to the Mosel.

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The varied soils of the Rheingau and the favorable mesoclimate to produce a more powerful style of Riesling than the more elegant Rieslings of the Mosel.

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What are the traditional bottle shape and color of the Rheingau and Mosel regions in Germany?

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A tradtitional flute-shaped brown bottle, the Rheingau Flote, is sometimes used to bottle Riesling in the Rheingau, whereas the Mosel uses green glass.

60
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Which subreign in the Rheingau produces the most Spatburgunder?

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On the western end of the Rheingau, to the northwest of Rudesheim, lies the village of Assmannshausen. Long the Rheingau’s center for red wine production, Assmannshausen maintains a majority of the region’s Spatburgunder, the most planted red grape in the anbaugebiet.

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Most of the vineyards in the Rheingau face what direction?

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The heart of the Rheingau is essentially one long southeast-facing slope.

62
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Blaufränkisch synonym?

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Lemberger

63
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Silvaner synonym?

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Johannisberg

64
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Chardonnay synonym?

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Morillon

65
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Chasselas synonym?

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Dorin

66
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Pinot Blanc synonym?

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Weißburgunder

67
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What does Eizellagen mean in German?

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Vineyard

68
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What does Gemeinden mean in German?

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Location:Gemeinden in Germany or Austria is the smallest administrative division of local government having corporate status and powers of self-government. It is a German word for borough, commune, community, township or municipality.

69
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Hermannshöhle in Oberhausen is a famous monopole vineyard of Dönnhoff.

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Truth.

70
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What does bereiche mean in German?

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Areas.

71
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What river flows through the Sachsen anbaugebiet?

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Elbe.

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