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XElement xElement = XElement.Load("INDEX.xml");
dataGridView1.DataSource = (from el in xElement.Descendants()                                    
   select new {  el.FirstNode, el.NextNode,  el.LastNode}).ToList() ;					

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<Table>
      <URL>s2011.txt</URL>
      <Name>Sachkonten 2011</Name>
      <Description>Sachkonten 2011</Description>
      <DecimalSymbol>,</DecimalSymbol>
      <DigitGroupingSymbol>.</DigitGroupingSymbol>
      <Range><From>2</From></Range>					

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<VariableLength>
  <VariableColumn>
    <Name>Kontonummer</Name>
    <Description>Kontonummer alphanumerisch zum Erhalt fuehrender Nullen   
    </Description>
   <AlphaNumeric/>
   <MaxLength>7</MaxLength>
  </VariableColumn>
  <VariableColumn>
     <Name>Kuerzel</Name>
     <Description>Kürzel</Description>
     <AlphaNumeric/>
    <MaxLength>8</MaxLength>
    </VariableColumn>
    <VariableColumn>
       <Name>Name</Name>
       <Description>Name</Description>
       <AlphaNumeric/>
       <MaxLength>40</MaxLength>
    </VariableColumn>
<VariableColumn>
      <Name>Eroeffnungsdatum</Name>
      <Description>Eröffnungsdatum</Description>
      <Date>  
      <Format>DD.MM.YYYY</Format>
      </Date>
</VariableColumn>					

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 var E = (from el in xElement.Descendants("Table")
                     where (string)el.Element("URL").Value   == ("s2011.txt")
                     select new
                    {  Name = (string)el.Descendants("VariableColumn").Elements("Name").First()         });					

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IEnumerable<XElement> variableColumns = xElement.Descendants("Table").Single(el => el.Element("URL").Value == "s2011.txt").Descendants("VariableColumn");