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Also Known As	Ditmarsken

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East Germany East Berlin Swabia Franconia Magdeburg Hesse-Kassel Brandenburg Mecklenburg Palatinate Saxon duchies

Germany

Unification of Germany by Prussia

Prussia

region, Europe

Lübeck, Germany: Holstentor

Schleswig-Holstein

state, Germany