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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <allfileusages gafcontinue="Bentien_Poststrasse_1950er.jpg|346" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <pages>
      <page pageid="136" ns="0" title="Oliver Mesch" />
      <page pageid="214" ns="0" title="Schwester-Emmi-Weg" />
      <page pageid="227" ns="0" title="Bahnhofstraße" />
      <page pageid="277" ns="0" title="Bundesstraße 404" />
      <page pageid="298" ns="0" title="Klaus Beckmann GmbH" />
      <page pageid="356" ns="0" title="Lindenweg" />
      <page pageid="629" ns="0" title="Kleingartenverein Trittau e.V." />
      <page pageid="734" ns="0" title="Konsum- und Spargenossenschaft" />
    </pages>
  </query>
</api>