58 Sights in Stuttgart, Germany (with Map and Images)

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German playwright, poet, and philosopher. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller developed a productive, if complicated, friendship with the already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. They frequently discussed issues concerning aesthetics, and Schiller encouraged Goethe to finish works that he had left as sketches. This relationship and these discussions led to a period now referred to as Weimar Classicism. They also worked together on Xenien, a collection of short satirical poems in which both Schiller and Goethe challenge opponents of their philosophical vision.

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The Württemberg is a hill on the territory of the German city of Stuttgart, capital of Baden-Württemberg. Its peak lies above vineyards at 411 m above sea level, on the eastern edge of the Stuttgart cauldron valley, in the Rotenberg quarter of Stuttgart's district of Untertürkheim, overlooking the Neckar valley with the Daimler-Benz industrial plant and the Mercedes-Museum.

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The Stiftskirche is an inner-city church in Stuttgart, the capital of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the main church of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Württemberg as well as the parish church of the evangelical (Lutheran) inner-city church district of Stuttgart.

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The so-called Fruchtkasten, a late Gothic stone building on Schillerplatz, is one of the oldest surviving buildings in Stuttgart. Nowadays, the house is used as a partial museum of the Landesmuseum Württemberg as a house of music in the fruit box.

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The association Stuttgarter Historische Straßenbahnen e. V. (SHB), founded in 1987, documents the history of the Stuttgart trams (SSB) and neighbouring or operationally associated transport companies such as the Filderbahn Company, the Feuerbach Municipal Tram (SSF), the Esslingen am Neckar tram – operated by the Esslingen am Neckar tram – operated by the Esslingen Municipal Tram (ESS) – with historic vehicles from the years 1868 to 1986 as well as objects from operation and technology. and the Esslingen–Nellingen–Denkendorf tram (END). For this purpose, the association, as the owner of the vehicles and technical facilities, operates the Stuttgart Tram Museum in cooperation with Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen AG in Bad Cannstatt, from which round trips of historic vintage car lines also take place over the preserved part of the metre-gauge Stuttgart rail network.

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The German Templer Society emerged in Germany during the mid-nineteenth century, with its roots in the Pietist movement of the Lutheran Church, and in its history a legacy of preceding centuries during which various Christian groups undertook to establish what they saw as the perfect Christian religion in preparation for Christ's promised return. The movement was founded by Christoph Hoffmann [1815-1885], who believed that humanity’s salvation lay in the gathering of God's people in a Christian community. He also believed that the second coming of Christ was imminent, and that according to Biblical prophecy it would take place in Jerusalem, where God's people were to gather as a symbol of the rebuilding of the temple. He established a number of German Templer colonies in Palestine.

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The New Palace is an 18th-century Baroque palace in Stuttgart and is one of the last large city palaces built in Southern Germany. The palace is located in the on the Schlossplatz in front of the Jubiläumssäule column and Königsbau. Public tours of the building are only permitted by special arrangement, as the building contains some government offices. Once a historic residence of the Kings of Württemberg, the New Palace derives its name from its commissioning by Duke Carl Eugen of Württemberg to replace the Old Castle in the early years of his reign. Originally, Charles commissioned Nikolaus Friedrich Thouret, but architects Leopoldo Retti, Philippe de La Guêpière, Reinhard Heinrich Ferdinand Fischer would contribute to the design, history, and construction of the palace.

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Weilimdorf until 1955 known as "Weil im Dorf," is the north-western borough (Stadtbezirk) of the German city and capital of Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart. Weilimdorf, covering an area of 12.6 square kilometres (4.9 sq mi) with a population of around 30,000, borders the Stadtbezirke of Zuffenhausen, Feuerbach, Stuttgart-West, and the towns of Gerlingen, Ditzingen, and Korntal-Münchingen in the Ludwigsburg district. Weilimdorf became part of Stuttgart in 1933 amidst the hardship of the economic instability of the 30s in Germany. The city district is made up by six Stadtteile: Weilimdorf, Bergheim, Giebel, Hausen, Weilimdorf-Nord and Wolfbusch and is home to an expanding commercial area.

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The Observation Tower Burgholzhof in Burgholzhof, since 1998 a separate community within Bad Cannstatt in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, is an 1891 brick observation tower constructed by the Cannstatt municipal architect Friedrich Keppler on behalf of the Verschönerungsverein Cannstatt e. V., in the style of a Roman tower, at an elevation of 359 meters above sea level, at 9°11'41 east and 48°49'08" north. It was formally opened on 19 September 1891. It has extensive views over East Stuttgart, Bad Cannstatt and along the Neckar valley as far as Esslingen am Neckar.

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Stuttgart Cathedral or St Eberhard's Cathedral is a church in the German city of Stuttgart. It is dedicated to Saint Eberhard of Salzburg. Since 1978, it has been co-cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, whose main cathedral is Rottenburg Cathedral - the church's promotion marked the 150th anniversary of the diocese and its renaming as the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart. The parish dates back to the Medieval era while the current building was completed in 1955, eleven years after it was mostly destroyed by Allied air raids in 1944.

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The Theodor-Heuss-Haus in Stuttgart, Feuerbacher Weg 46, is the former residence of the first German Federal President Theodor Heuss (1884–1963). It is located in the Feuerbacher Heide on the Killesberg next to the Villa Porsche, built in 1923. The Stiftung Bundespräsident-Theodor-Heuss-Haus acquired the building in 1995 and had it rebuilt, renovated and extended by an extension according to the plans of the Stuttgart architectural firm Behnisch & Partner. Federal President Johannes Rau opened the museum on 8 March 2002.

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The German Agricultural Museum (DLM) in Stuttgart-Hohenheim is considered to be one of the most extensive collections of agricultural equipment and machinery in German-speaking countries. In a total of 5,700 square meters of covered exhibition space, DLM documented the technological changes in agriculture from simple handheld devices to modern self-driving. The concept of museum shows the development of production history, and records the constant changes of agricultural history, its causes and interrelationships.

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The Neues Lusthaus in Stuttgart is considered one of the most important buildings of the German late Renaissance and served as a place of courtly festivals and celebrations. The Stuttgart chronicler and monument conservator Gustav Wais described the original building in 1954 as "one of the noblest creations of the German Renaissance, which, if we still had it today, would be the main attraction of Stuttgart". Both the construction history and the appearance are well known due to the numerous traditions.

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The Württemberg Mausoleum is a mausoleum located on the Württemberg, in the Rotenberg borough of Untertürkheim, in Stuttgart. It was designed by Giovanni Salucci for King William I of Württemberg to house the remains his second wife, Catherine Pavlovna of Russia. Construction elapsed over four years, from 1820 to 1824, while work on its decor lasted another four years. The remains of William I, Catherine, and their daughter Maria Friederike Charlotte, are housed in the mausoleum.

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The Markthalle Stuttgart was opened in 1914 in the city centre of Stuttgart. Today, the market hall is a food market in the upper price segment. It offers a total of 6800 square meters of usable space for service providers and dealers, of which 3500 square meters for sales stands on the ground floor. In 2010, there were 37 different stalls. The column-free space of the hall is 60 meters long and 25 meters wide. There are several restaurants on Sporerstraße and in the Markthalle.

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The Heimatmuseum der Deutschen aus Bessarabien und der Dobrudscha (Museum of Local History of the Germans from Bessarabia and Dobruja) is a museum of local history of the Bessarabian Germans and the Dobruja Germans in Stuttgart, Germany. It was founded there in 1952 as a local history museum of the Bessarabian Germans and has functioned since the annexation of the Landsmannschaft der Dobrudscha- und Bulgariandeutschen 2009 also as a museum for this group of people.

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A Ruhstein, also called Ruhestein, Ruhbank, Grubstock, Gruhe, Gruhbank, Krugstatt or Gruegstatt as well as Raststein, is a single or multi-unit bench, which served in earlier times the rest of load carriers. While there were originally comparable wooden devices, the benches that have survived to this day are made of stone. As witnesses of earlier forms of transport and old traffic routes, many benches are now small or field monuments.

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The anniversary pillar is a monument that was built on the Schloßplatz in Stuttgart on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the government and the 60th birthday of King Wilhelm I of Württemberg from Württemberg. The column consists of a 30 -meter -high shaft made of granite, the 5 meter high statue of the Roman goddess Concordia, four reliefs with historical scenes and four allegorical figures at the corners of the pillar base.

Wikipedia: Jubiläumssäule (DE)

Schlossplatz is the largest square in Stuttgart Mitte and home to the Neues Schloss which was built between 1746 and 1807. From its construction until the mid-1800s it was used as a military parade ground and not open to general public use. It stands next to two other popular squares in Stuttgart: Karlsplatz to the south and Schillerplatz to the south west. The Königstraße bisects the plaza from north to south.

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The Stauffenberg remembrance facility in Stuttgart's old castle is dedicated to the Hitler assassin Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg and his brother and co-conspirator Berthold. The exhibition was initiated by the then Baden-Württemberg Minister of State Christoph Palmer and designed and implemented by the Haus der History of Baden-Württemberg on behalf of the Baden-Württemberg State Foundation.

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The University Observatory Pfaffenwald is an observatory that has existed since 1934 in the high-altitude Stuttgart district of Vaihingen, which was affiliated in 1972 by a donation from the University of Stuttgart. The observatory originally belonged to the private property of the manufacturer Hermann Fellmeth, who had it built near his country house at the Vaihinger Pfaffenwald.

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Stuttgart-Ost is one of the five inner districts of the Baden-Württemberg state capital Stuttgart. It lies between the Stuttgart-Mitte district and the banks of the Neckar opposite Bad Cannstatt. The district consists of the older urban areas of Berg, Gablenberg, Gaisburg and Ostheim as well as the newer districts of Frauenkopf, Stöckach, Uhlandshöhe and Gänsheide.

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The Siebener-Denkmal with the "Siebener-Brünnle" in Stuttgart (Rotebühl-/Herzogstraße) is a monument with obelisk and was erected in honor of the soldiers of the Infantry Regiment Kaiser Friedrich, König von Preußen (7th Württembergisches) No. 125 who fell in the First World War according to a design by the sculptor Fritz von Graevenitz and consecrated in 1927.

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The Museum am Löwentor, often abbreviated Löwentormuseum, is a museum of paleontology and geology. It is part of the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart, which also includes the Museum Schloss Rosenstein and some branch offices. The Museum am Löwentor is located in the north of Stuttgart on the edge of Rosenstein Park and has about 110,000 visitors a year.

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The St. Vitus Chapel (German: Veitskapelle) is a Protestant church in the Stuttgart district of Mühlhausen am Neckar. Of art-historical importance are the exceptionally well-preserved wall and vault paintings dating from around 1400 and the medieval altars of the St. Vitus Chapel, which convey the largely original impression of a church of the late Middle Ages.

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Ferdinand-Leitner-Steg is a footbridge in Stuttgart that spans the nine-lane Schillerstrasse, connecting Schlossgarten and Obere Schlossgarten. Its southern tip is located at Obere Schlossgarten near Schauspielhaus. Its northern end diverges into a footbridge leading to the sidewalk through the Castle Gardens and another to the sidewalk at Grand Central Station.

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Fernsehturm Stuttgart is a 216.61 m (710.7 ft) telecommunications tower in Stuttgart, Germany. It was the first telecommunications tower in the world constructed from reinforced concrete, and it is the prototype for many such towers worldwide. Although controversial at first, it quickly became a well known landmark of Stuttgart and a tourist attraction.

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The Weißenburgpark is an approximately five-hectare green area in the district of Stuttgart-Süd in the borough of Bopser. On a hill in the park are the so-called tea house and the marble hall, which are now used as an excursion restaurant or as an event location. The park itself is laid out with several walking paths and seating areas to linger.

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The Jupitergigantensäule von Hausen an der Zaber is a monument to Jupiter and Juno, which a Roman citizen had erected around the year 200 on his estate in Hausen an der Zaber. During an excavation in 1964, the almost completely preserved remains of the column were recovered and transferred to the collection of the Roman Lapidarium Stuttgart.

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Museum Schloss Rosenstein is a museum of biology in Stuttgart, Germany. It is part of the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart, which also includes the Museum am Löwentor and some branch offices. The Natural History Museum in Rosenstein Castle is located in the Rosenstein Park of the same name and has about 115,000 visitors a year.

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The memorial "Zeichen der Erinnerung" at the Nordbahnhof Stuttgart reminds us that more than 2600 Jews from Stuttgart, Württemberg and Hohenzollern were deported from this place during the time of National Socialism between 1941 and 1944. Almost all of these people were murdered during the Shoah (Nazi persecution of Jews) until 1945.

Wikipedia: Gedenkstätte „Zeichen der Erinnerung“ am Nordbahnhof Stuttgart (DE)

The Gaisburger Kirche is a Protestant church in the district of Gaisburg in Stuttgart-Ost. It was created from 1911 to 1913 by the architect Martin Elsaesser as a reinforced concrete building in a mixture of late Art Nouveau, Neoclassicism and Neo-Baroque. It is considered one of the most beautiful churches in Stuttgart.

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Deer and lion are two life-size statues that flank the entrance to the courtyard of the New Palace in Stuttgart on high granite pedestals. The two Württemberg heraldic animals were designed and modelled by the Stuttgart court sculptor Antonio Isopi, cast in iron in the Wasseralfingen ironworks and installed in 1823.

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The Städtisches Lapidarium Stuttgart is an open-air museum in the park of the former Villa Ostertag-Siegle in Stuttgart. The lapidarium exhibits over 200 mostly stone testimonies from five centuries of Stuttgart's city history, as well as the Roman antiquities collection of Carl von Ostertag-Siegle (1860–1924).

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Hercules and Minerva are two colossal statues that flank the entrance portico of the main wing of the New Palace in Stuttgart on stone pedestals. In 1759, Pierre François Lejeune, the first sculptor of Duke Carl Eugen of Württemberg, created these statues of the divine hero Hercules and the goddess Minerva.

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Hofen Castle is the ruins of a castle in Hofen District, M ü hlhausen District, Stuttgart, located on the Necka River at an altitude of 240 meters. It can be accessed through Wolfgangstraße behind Santa Barbara Church. It is the only ruin in downtown Stuttgart with the remains of towering city walls.

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The Kriegsberg Tower in the city of Stuttgart (Germany) is an observation tower. It was built 1894/95 by architect Weigle for the Stuttgart adornment association. Its elevation is 353 meters (Kriegsberg). Geographical coordinates: 9°10'26 "eastern length, 48°47'15" northern latitude

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The Gate of Hope in Stuttgart is an architectural sculpture by the American concept artist Dan Graham, a tetrahedral goal made of stainless steel profiles and disposable mirrors. It is located at the end of the Lodzer Steg, which leads from the Rosenstein Park to Leibfried's garden.

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The Carl Benz Center is an event center opened in 2006 in the Neckarpark in Bad Cannstatt (Stuttgart). Rudolf Häussler is the investor in the 75-million-euro project. The Carl Benz Center offers around 20,000 square metres of floor space, of which VfB Stuttgart alone uses 4,000.

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Universal Life is the name of a controversial new religious movement based in Würzburg, Germany, which is described by members as a part of the new revelation movement. The group was originally called Heimholungswerk Jesu Christi, but has been known as Universal Life since 1984.

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St. Mark's Church is a Protestant church in Stuttgart's southern district on Filderstraße, corner of Römerstraße, in the Heusteigviertel. It is used by the Evangelical parish of Markus-Haigst as a parish church. The Fangelsbach cemetery borders on the church grounds.

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The Galatea Fountain is a fountain on a viewing platform at Eugensplatz in Stuttgart-Mitte, Germany. It was created in 1890 by the architect and sculptor Otto Rieth and the ore founder Paul Stotz (1850–1899) and is one of the most magnificent fountains in the city.

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The Love Vase is a monumental decorative vase in sandstone by Friedrich Distelbarth at the Kammertheater wing of the Neue Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart. The vase is constructed in the style of the Medici vase and bears a bas-relief with the Allegory of the ages of love.

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The Killesberg Tower is a 40-meter high observation tower located in the Killesberg Park in Stuttgart, Germany. Originally planned for the 1993 World Horticultural Exposition, an interruption in the design process delayed its erection until 8 years later in 2001.

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The Leonhardskirche in Stuttgart is the second oldest foundation of the church in the old town of Stuttgart and today the center of the Evangelical Leonhardkirchengemeinde Stuttgart within the Stuttgart church district of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg.

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The Villa Moser was a country house villa in Stuttgart, which was built in 1875 by Johann Wendelin Braunwald for the chocolate manufacturer Eduard Otto Moser in the park of the Leibfried Garden. In 1944, the villa was destroyed to the ground in an air raid.

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Bismarck Tower is a watchtower located in Stuttgart District of Bismarck Tower in the north of Stuttgart. It is located at Gähkopf, the highest point in the north of Stuttgart, and has a beautiful view of Stuttgart's urban area from all directions.

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The Haus der Geschichte Baden-Württemberg is a museum of the state of Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart, Germany. It is located on the "Stuttgarter Kulturmeile" in Konrad-Adenauer-Straße between the Staatsgalerie and the Musikhochschule.

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The fate fountain is a fountain in the upper castle garden in Stuttgart. It was designed in 1914 by the sculptor Karl Donndorf (1870–1941) in Art Nouveau and is considered one of the most important fountain of this style in Germany.

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Hohe Karlsschule was the strict military academy founded by Karl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg in Stuttgart, Germany. It was first founded in 1770 as a military orphanage, but then converted into a military academy in 1773 for the duke.

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The Junobrunnen is a fountain in the Kursaalanlagen in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt. It was designed in 1910 by the sculptor Emil Kiemlen (1869–1956) in neoclassical style and executed by the Stuttgart stone sculptor Willi Schönfeld.

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The Graevenitz Museum, also known as Museum Fritz von Graevenitz, has housed selected works by the artist Fritz von Graevenitz since 1971. It is located in a cavalier house in Stuttgart-West in the Solitude district near Gerlingen.

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The ruins of Engelburg, formerly also called Biberburg, are the remnants of a hilltop castle on a hilltop above the district of Mühlhausen north of the Mönchfeldstraße of the state capital Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg.

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Otto Herbert Hajek was a German abstract painter, graphic artist and sculptor. His architecture -related estate and its photo archive are located in the Southwest German archive for architecture and engineering.

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The Weissenhof Museum in Stuttgart is a museum for architectural history opened in 2006. It is located in a double house designed by the architects Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret in the Weißenhof settlement.

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The Hospitalkirche is the third major medieval church founded in the old town of Stuttgart and today the centre of the "Evangelische Hospitalkirchengemeinde Stuttgart" within the church district of Stuttgart.

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The Killesbergpark is an urban public park of half a square kilometre in Stuttgart, Germany. It is just north of the state capital, where Killesberg is a quarter of the borough of Stuttgart-Nord (North).

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The Russian Church is a Russian Orthodox church in Stuttgart, Germany, built in 1895 according to plans by the architectural firm Eisenlohr & Weigle. The church was financed by the Russian government.

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