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A '''Sondern''' or '''Sundern''' was a type of land segregation in the [[Middle Ages]] in [[Germany]], especially in [[North Rhine-Westphalia]]. It gave personal entitlement to farm specific areas of land without owning the land.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hannover.de/Kultur-Freizeit/Naherholung/Natur-erleben/Radfahren/Grüner-Ring/Grasdorf-Devese/Sundern|title=Sondern|publisher=Hannover.de|accessdate=15 August 2014|language=German}}</ref> A ''Königssondern'' (royal sondern) is land whose use was administered by the [[List of German monarchs|King]]. The term is still found in many place names, indicating the history of the locality.
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[[Category:History of North Rhine-Westphalia]]
[[Category:History of agriculture in Germany]]
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