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() with its southern extent at 31° 49' and its northern extremity at 31° 52'.Analytische Online-Edition der Geographike Hyphegesis mit Übersetzung und Karte der ''Germania magna''
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Footnotes

Literature

* * Werner Heinz, Rainer Wiegels: ''Der Diana Abnoba Altar in Badenweiler.'' In: ''Antike Welt'' 13/4. 1982, S. 37–43. *
online
* S. ?. * * Corinna Scheungraber, Friedrich E. Grünzweig:
Die altgermanischen Toponyme sowie ungermanische Toponyme Germaniens. Ein Handbuch zu ihrer Etymologie unter Benutzung einer Bibliographie von Robert Nedoma
'. Herausgegeben von Hermann Reichert. (= ''Philologica Germanica'' 34) Fassbaender, Wien 2014, {{ISBN, 978-3-902575-62-3, S. 35–37. * Sabine Ziegler: ''Bemerkungen zum keltischen Toponym Abnova/Abnoba.'' In: '' Historische Sprachforschung'' 116, 2, 2003, S. 290–294.

External links

Edition der Geographike Hyphegesis mit Übersetzung und Karte der ''Germania magna''
retrieved, 8 February 2013

In: ''Der Spiegel.'' 39/2010, retrieved 26 February 2013 Ancient Roman geography Black Forest Geography of Germania