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 | | The peace negotiations were held after initial talks held in the cities of Münster and Osnabrück, which lie about 50 km apart in the present day states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony. |
 | | The Peace of Prague was incorporated into the Peace of Westphalia (which incorporated the Peace of Augsburg, though its landholdings which were reestablished by the Peace of Prague were again reestablished from 1627 to 1624, which aided the Protestants. |
 | | It is often said that the Peace of Westphalia initiated modern diplomacy, as it marked the beginning of the modern system of nation-states (or "Westphalian states"). |
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