SharePoint 2007: List Migration / Export List for re-importing to another site

The stsadm.exe works mostly well for complete sites + subsites. However, if you want to export just lists, stsadm will not allow you to export. Therefore to migrate i.e. export and import a SharePoint list you need to do the following (painful) procedure. Create a template from the List you want to export (and include the content in the template), download a copy of the .stp template file created