OFFICIAL MAP SERIES OF THE GERMAN LAENDER

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• Publication Date: June 23, 1952
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STAT
official Map Series of the German Laender
Schleswig~Kalstea.n)
(Niedersachsen and
Nos 1 and 2' 19~1~
en Landeskunde, Vol X,
GermanY
ttgart,
August, November 1913 Stu
STAT
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ftic aa1 lap e tee of the GermEX~ ,ender
IIT
The pffica14ap3 Of
rx?me1 of Kiel
(T't40 c its appaxaded)
charted fox' the fi~.ri-t time at the ~,n~ta~gat~.~~rr
5ch~,ee~a~.~Ml~o~.~tawaa k by 4a~~u~ ,~ardanue,~ a pr~afer~ec~r of mathemat3~c~
of ~ia~ Chri~~-iar~ III of ~e~ ~~
6nha den. He compiled the ~al$tel.x~ and $chleawig dukedoms in 19.
compiled .ed a ~ Of the ~I
in Cop
dafl-s was aceomp1ie1 ed upon 'rho order of ~ing
'the nest mapping of the dupe
by har.~ ~, ray'al mathe~at~,cian born ~.n H~,sura9
Chri et:~at~ of perk by Jo
-? and ~Ialsteaxa from 1638 to I,6h8 in order to
w~, trave~l.ed through c~leew~ a
survey ? xe c~~edo~ae
16 2p 37 general and peca.ai maps of the
the area. In ~
and r from ~,s+~a0~0~
snot every nap had a different scale
were pu'olished~ of t~e, a
to 1s38,CCO).
, ., ~~1? the ~;.a~.d ~.c;c~ax?d~,nto modern 8t,an.~.~,rde
The :~ rat .~opo~r~.~ , ~' .i ~~.~
?with triangu1a`b:a.caxx was beufl by the A,o:l. Society for : o:>.eflc?~ in
CCC ? The maps an ~chleel~rig were cox~plei~ed
Copen'r~~en irk the kale of 1. ~2C~
and published between 1780 and 18hi ? The tapogx?,phic ~ irlTey of Ho1~tean,
~ ~;a~ only in dart completed in a 5~1e of
planned by laud ~ur~or chuchecg
ad except for the trial sheet regebex?ga" ? Tapo~
1a2C,~U and wee not pu~a~.~.~hc, by ~?
~~~ and enbury ~~.ch were carried a~. u~ by she
phic ~ur-vey~ for ~ca~.~t~~n ~.xx
~-r.arrgu.~.ation, for ~.:lon~ t3
~ staff wti~~r~a~tit a
Danie~~ and i~nc~~er~,~,n ~> ~zxeros.
hereae the tzalaux?g :ee.ran ~ ap~ed
were the only available rrateriala w
e earl of &chneti&U in 1788 . drn 177 to
through the cartp~~.p~a~+c ward of th
187 the preus~a.sr~he e (pruae~,an Topa~~~~apl~ic Office) conducted
;deeau~ h~
a completely new topographic survey of in the scale of
forms the balls for the prc~$ent cartographic ~P'~ .~
l a 2~~~`~ which even today .
series 1t2 ,4OO, 1:100,000, and 1s3C4,OOO.
f andear~enwex?~ta (Land map-ser~.es) had been
After the c ~l~ o ~ hic
the Reich t suer sand a sal ''na e (Reich 'dapogxap
decentra~li~ed in ~ 38 from
pffjce) t4 the newly oxxized ~~a tr~a~ux-~abteilun;gen (I4a ln SurveY
b~-e~,un in burg 'e charged, ~ cng
D~,s~.ar~~~~ the. ~tvermeee~~ ~
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the r*rte r~ - ~r x - as a (Mtn U.rV"
ftmt were : ht~d ' :l .cat ~s xu
Ho1ste ::.n,,nd
? ? 100, 000, 'lt t!'~bcri~e'11t81.rb&4 ( era1
. tc in nd tb8 aneatiC eitT cad' burg.
t '9 .li I ~ KaU+i~ f. l~. {A 1Wa'b tru t , er A &i froT1 M iZ ~l
In A?ril :L9.;o the ~tei arid ceived the name (Land surrEY office)
i:L w g~HOi j.,n+y*
h*iie been bU$hed all ot:Ler sheets are of the type.
the ttDeu'che QX'lldsro are repdu
Where the heet8 Of
OOO iap aerte a + by ate
index maps o1' the
eet$ are in
of ~ eheetof rich iO~
1077 to 1879 conidt of a tOtal
jree color, 60 e one cab r editi? $ ? a orb
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ecale.
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are pxeaerved, brit they have not been kept up to date because of the lack of
etiitebiw epeci.a1i.sta. Chi prints upon a1uminunx or new dra nge upon chalked
blue pint serve ae orirgirnaie now. Before l98 the correction of the map
series was carried out by topo;raphic reconnMeeance on 1;2y,OOO eheeta. Ncw
the corrected ; heete of the "Deuteiche Grixndkarte'~ l: ,OUQ, after .fi.eld conparieon,
are used as the basis for corrections.
"i 'te r e ,eut, ,then Reichee" l t lOO, 000
M4rrrnrbrww~wMMIWVINNa~/rNYM4W roh1+.NV:W?^W.M.M'n,~ww.w~awvrMrr~rn+Kq~"M1Nw~1v,u.+wnw~uMUryWwNi~..ew.wrWtn
The snap sr~r..r~, M"l.`.?'f O for Sc ~1,eew4.~ Holstean in 26 eheeta had to be
?~7~1,?5:o~~r".3.,:?.f;sMon after the loss of the original cooper palates.
t~ra~~ai.l.ed in .
The pfbii$h. -.ng c.!' ~;hc ets waf given up and in their plao? lar a sheets
( ( as bhatt) P :'n i. ~ti : of for ?r1 e sheets were reprinted. A correction of
a
the ten larC;e , e rl~y r~i' tLe T.ancl has not; beers attempted, recently. Since,
besiries, the top' r hy of ttK.r'te de DcutacT en Rciche " I.glOO,OOO i.e outdated,
the rbeit g ~;lr i.ri c oaf der Vezme ; , ix,ev aitufgen der I ender der Bundesw
;publik (working (roup of the Lender Survey Ac1n1nietrations of the Federal
rtepiibli. c) reco,! rLded he co nplati nn of a new topographic p i ~ 1OO, OOC) in
~ z~ n ; ~ e
three colors with coylto r a ines. Sheet 6 Hueu~ , ia the first sheet ava1labl.
t,ocolors ^. ~ ~
on schiesw. g .Haistein. S heet~s ; (1yk au! Foehr), ;37 ( Gredstedt) and
(ring) are '.D'tO~3 V corle Jed .
ors icht skatEJQ000
The Land "c~'1`teetrr:. ~~1xo .e~n ie ~ pped crs o~ r ng] e B ete (1 % iel,
55 ostock, L burg and M ? Schwerin), for which a five color edition
'with the post recent corrections is ava fable. ,chleswi 4Jolstein p l~300,000
ie ,f c r ned by combir ing the four single sheets upon which in addition the Kreia
boundaries are stressed by a special orange line. The ttAmtlrtche Entfearnunga.~
karte von chleawig-Holstein,' (Official fiatance Mip of Schlesrg-Holetein) to
the scale of i; 300, 000 in three colors (baae black, water blue, streete
and kilometer marke .- red) with distance tables upon the back were derived
from thechleswigHo1stein map.
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Gr of pc'c Ll. Tnarz
there ?. color
d 1 ~1ap) in the ~c~1e ;af ;~.OO~ (.? one eat
''~bon(rie are ftZl'cLtE11 1l~+d all
t ttl ' M pf11T tbk
in tke cad ' i' i' 2 s .r'' " OOO.
aC't.f:l.
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~"h "~ ~.1.1a.t r7 iy . '^a ~Ot")(:)r', ). : 11 ". w`) f~~i ~E tl~
..11.1 IC
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n
without c rrn`~ r( r~ rC3 v
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'~Sif& %r.5 Mc.
vri l 1
nn /q'~ ~^ 'L,1 ~'~~
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d..tr Lct). uacc1
h 9
1 yp~'^{ 1y' y{[/~';. *y 71 ~rry~+,) ' ;~?a 11 ~,~' ~ QC~C~ ~~ ``~~ tir~~,a't~^~
Ne" ,u,f/rt x" i.?l sc~JY+.IM/ o /?~
ca 1e of.;iO~OOO ]...d e,' cerr;0CI .n ',, ~y n(Y! T..srk of FO
~y
: kl ,, ~ : zCha 0r ifl ; C
r4' t ? t'j OOO .
Ti" r'
,cTi( n1.ogrcn7kartent :(~1I.
no
of i.~0oO;
gel)ung Von I~bu
1 1t
~jiiig'eburig von Kid .
:L 2,OOO
isO,OO?
I.300,000
:L 300,000
in fc,~.r caicr5_f/ e .g,ht Co1OZ?
i_fl five cobra
in five c c:Lor
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c'L 3 Va:c J c
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?bl'lc
anc~. adC ClUato m(:'thod of at,l.rvcr.
contains mans o:C tl)e whole
'J,hc_'
,i
c,otil;:;ol)c.rl, n vCJ.r,;!..,-; co oa~~1 and (1' 3.L nom.
:rc~:iOn rc:prCant(.(l,
orstc~ntiu~ 1.u(:ncbur~r, the 1>oya Aer~lter of 1Jionbur;,
--- ..........--.
...
r r.~ I C?I.T(?r Sa'on:J' ir'('r0 not 1ja:;(1c1 U) 3 l.tl'lObjaCt:Lonat)iC
l >orr?(Tl1i1~?b about the
' stontvrrl Luenel)ur t}~aorc:j:.; an atlas wili.ch Tyr..
1_' 01 .L 1aC, .~~ll _r~r
as wo1.l as 'arafschaft Diephol7? Ti,c~ rnap a are based upon
a 1To~,ra, and
compass survO~T in which t11c: distances were estimated.
1Ta,ciai ~? `. ''urr'lan JUr CC"
Iv
Thc: OfC:Li~.-L .l,o)r'ra1111 .C d'a3 %
'..C (tz and 'r~ nt `; .tuation
trr T,J, Kos: of 11r:1nrloVCr
Ttiro charts 1J?1,)Cfdocl.
~r 1;,; , $ o:C LoTor ,5axof; j
TI J.c to st :fr~i, , (7~.~..~....,.~._~.,.~:..
----.-r-
'riic G.ijTr ma
, avc to Du1.(C J rnst Auk .rt of i ueneburr; in i600. It
' is based on a ,oodot:i.c s urvc~T o.C 11orzo~tum PraufSChWoi{
An older map ,,,- s.c:,ra.c.,~
its union ti~a.th the Fucrstenttirrtl Calenber~; in i8 ? This
1lol:Ccnbu(.Ltc..l before e i
11ap Ser1..CS shows tb.e
11ildesh0i_r;1 Acrnter which wore
r;i ven to r, .,rol.fcnblzcttc;i as
a rr;su1 of the r,liodla.nbt, a.rP Tro tly of i23. The .ndi~.dual maps are oriented
t >
to mind Neriant s maps an their ver;r crude presentation.
to the sotxLh and c7 all
., ~ re shown with great detail; mountains, on the other 1'.rand,
upon 'there, fores t3 a
are almost conm1ctcl~T
n,norod. ~Jhen
crc r1orC' 'Lcturtl`J,an T;l)a a1 (1 ZTCrc
r 1.1 F ,? r
i
nineteen more HildOshoiiTi Aemtcr wore
iracorporatecl into the 11c;rzogtwn BraunSchwei ;-,1olfc;nbu0ttel in i6!3, they were
shown in a later map series which, compared to the earlier one,
c1 .(] 'J.r1 on
, 0d
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tows a northern
orientation.
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., ~ anna.vc~t Called do Va.~.~.a.ers, ~indertool~ thy:
'the en~.necr, Co1~'f? ~ara de I3 ~
cl~.n
~c.rltum ZIa~naaravc;r fror~l a.b98 to 173 ~yr
first ~ ~,~^3.,
+y of ~ , ;I;CdC~t1,C survc,I a. I,11rfu'
?~ ~,.. ~,~tibc~nl'la,T;en - I1olrc;nate1.n ~ 1-Ioya - D ,ralal~~olZ
thrc~ C.alc;nber~ - C~oett~.nc.n
,, , e~,,~~ ~ r~~te~r a.n tl~c; scale a ~' 1; l~, ~~~;
He was Corr>r~1:~ss :Lanl:d to survey y c;`~ tl?1e wl~la..c az a
t Iv.rnsc~lf to an e;:,ct ]:)rescrltation anlr o:f the
in his 11k~.I~S ~1G was to rostr:i.c ? ? -;f ., e:' and only sUpcrf1ca.all r to present evorytlltn that
boundaries of tllcS c ~c,mt S,
any r~nr:' Arnt. ~''i1.l.a.c;1^s' maX~s ;a'_1~..sl1 1~hc~m,sc::l.ve:~s
lay ~T:Lt}yin tl'Lc~' district a~' ara.,, ? of l'r~ , csentation. of the provinCO?, thO r;iajority of t.~rIl llavo
th,ra,~h an a,rt~.,~t~.C x G~?r
boon presc;rved.
~~>c~r and
c~:r~al 1~e;?twc:en the jr.,
:(' CC1`trL~ct-.g a coN1OCt1n
The ~7 r o ') c~: c t a
? , ~ ~~~ cri an t'TS 't hl? ba $i s
~vers thro11ph the, lars;e :r oor in the tacl.c and :arcnen rof--
1?'
~- ~ ~~ ' - of the iiLl1.^.f.',_lf:rstcntt~ra ~~ Ianr~ove~r aCCard:i.:nU to
for tl~~c fa.rc~~', 'to~orrra~,~.c ,,llrvc;
rl ? r ~f Llata.an. rI'I1e local sup^vo;l was in the
adern standards , with plane table tnLar~t ;L
,. Corps of the irl~rfucrs'tont1lrn - a small, special
hands of the 1~,oyal ln. ~-n.,, ,cr
~ra~~hcr~ whose corc,ma.n~.c?r at the time was general
r~rou~~ com~~~ascd of ca~:>ab7.cLo~o~
~ . ?dtira.. r~a,~re.wc cle~servcs aY)f3Cl.al
rv rr. Josua du flat. rfrong his officers, Johann L.~;
+t . tJ.caa.(~.dc for `tl.~c Topographic Survey o:r a,n Entire
rrtcnt:~.an; his rcr.~ort rac
;.ve:s us valuable insights ~.n?La the meatl'~od of
~~rov:~ncett, ti~rha.ch a~~~~~acareel in l?7~, , r~~-
survey 0 f that time .
11ing earf;e xZZ ordered the to1poc;raphiC s u vey of the whole province in
C,
~rovthCC maps in s mailer scale were derived later.
17b7, From tI17.s ., s Lmvc,y, ~
? as drawn to the scald of 1:21,333 1/3. !1
~~o~~o~:;rahische C'~undi~artc w
The
ere dratiArn w%tI~7. the ~;rc~atast care and in da.ffcrc~nt
total of :l.b,~ sin. le sheets TrT
n scheme, The well cansidc:red. choice. of symbols
colors according to a un.~for~
s ~ie and yet clear enphasis of many natural phenomena
and colors, as well as the P..
give i;;toric value. The following ; is to be mentioned
give this map series a lasting h
about the contents of the map:
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'r~ ? the ~;11ga.nocr o:~f~.CCrs (abVa.Cti~s." woro
Short cast slladati?1S (in y~lase; cirati~:t.
C $p ( Cia1,1;
taicntod) riot on'J.~r
7 emT)haS LZo, pubia.C bujidj.11iY and ot!1Cr
f,C,rVt"~. to
1')hVS :f'CatU.ro a, but also i;Vc
~.C a1.
~carancc, o:F a. rc~:l.a.~.:~:~' mri.;t) ~ We :1:'a:rtc~
.t '~l.1r, ar 1
parallel 1a.nc3 drawn to c1c
a .
'1C4
`:-rt ~. rt1..
Onta.aa'a-3r carrEct. 1.CSS~:,r c~.l
. ~ ?r,ch~~ n;. berr'b?r t}~c step :i.nclincys arc
,t i. 11u t??~rov 1. 1 a ti,s,n,.l l . ,.~, ~, 1~r
~;rc;atr~r c1c ,ra ?o .
c he E1at .ands are c.xag7 o?
~. ~~(;r, 1.1oti-TC)Vr~r, thc~~ ,~l?ri~1..1 rJ_b a:n
made t
,~ , dar
01' t1')C~ rn(;h.ntc,:~r.:ts, ha.ltr~ the sharp Jlu
cs.ses ^~.
tirllcr. c~a:> the Sh r~~c~ a.,p.,~.r~~
C`, of t1.~.c v1.~~..n~.~ o v
~- C~,r atcd sand.~to.e' s~~ a,c, ,
c'r~ai11 of to ~t~i or the Vaz -L
r r 11i~~~.h 1?~,r7 are s;~:1..c~ncl.id:L,r ^r~llrarli1CC~cI..
th
~l;a:i.n arC~tiw~ of
h j rfhwars, ~~:)ost ;~b~^c;~eta n,ncl.:f.'oot-r)atl~rs; C~vGn
Distinction is dratirn betcc~n ~.,
.a.r~ w1~r('C'. D?r~' naiad.
thc> roti~Ta Of trees a7,onr; the 1 ,r?r
The :fa -~'_ch ~~rcre canstructc~d under the direction
fact tl~~o,t ?~l~~c {':i.rs~r~ J1:i.~~,>l~~a- ~r, ).jthe
of the general Georg Josua cli). pia t, during of ~.rC1rJ.Ci'l du Flat, a brother ~ r sheets "~~1.r~~as tit
ad an the sa~~lthern ~,
or-,ac~rs,1}1J.c sll.rve~~ arc alrc~~~,(~.,t~ ~.ncl.ud
11c~ ottr:~buttd to
t
street con structa.?n in t 1.1
t t
liLlr: 1:1C~nS'ric';Y]tum 1-~annoVer 1.s na 0
the anti rat1~ro of i1 poor Napoleon.
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G ~r ii1i(~b the topot;ra,,)ir1c
ar~tc~cl '1(.
,a a ~, ~ ~( :,, 1.
TI1c 1ar~(::r Ca.t:LrC and f()rtrC3(, rC~ irc:(,
irvo:" in ?thc scale of 1:2, 0(Y); rnaps of tho c~nv...ronS of sovcral cit~i$ art B. so
~1 ~
clrawn :t.n t( caiC of 1:10,600. from he To~.o,ral~hiSchea Lirirnclkartr ()J' $Cale
1:21. 3 1/3 ttiio rlorC oral) ; CX'i.C.3 wore dCriVOdi a rii.l,itar;y mai and a 1:;onaral raap
11piclitaClrl~artc~?' 1:6Li.,000 war.: drawn by proV:ulec~S ~ri_th 'cat care and cxact-11C, r r r? ? ~ 1 Y r,. .~ ThC.~,J?T'1,1,. itaCr:t.schc C' 1
- ~o':~ora~ ;lliSChO 1.artc c.r'
,c~ar?a `~,n.'{, C. ~a~.S'~Mi C) i. .)j %iI~). ~~a`. and. .
Bistumf3 Ili1dc.sr1(w.l?1 in the: scale of 1:6 ,000, w}l:ich eras published in 1798 a:~tcr
1 c enure map sor.i.e3 (177) , is alo lrortl'iy of mention and owes
its C'Yi5tJ1C( ' to flr~nc:ral r)av1d. ;C rnhOrSt. its OrC3SCntatiaf 1..C fo'b s ''oO(.l ).S
:,.
J
he other anal i1 1.?r :C~i..Li.tar:r ron~ i)aU to 1)0 CoPi)JOtCCi. t
~ {noralkartc 1:192,000 does not attain tho 2xactnc;SS which r11( dra~r:i.. on the other tiro maseriOs f:Vid. nCc). Ilo~rcV r, on the other h.an ~i, it does si:low
no~itudS anal. 1at'..tu cs, lrh:i oh were sub,3r. qua ..ti r adduc..1. The riap o es con,3i.sts
n,,
0 11o ur C ll.co f .
The 11I?istoriCal Col~)rsli,a ion IOr '. anhiOVCr, Oidcnbur!., fraunr3C1:~weI ,
SChauribu]4j1(')r)c, afG frC?riU~n11 r~ladc O:fi t]"?() hancI-cira~r rrlai')s, of whic ii,
.for the rlost part, only one co r is r)re ar.rvcd; in tho most favorable cases tbcrc
a.ro several. Oi' t1`2or,ocrrar,Iii.oc1c Grunclharte 1:21,333 1/3 thero is a photo-
gravurcr odition in the Scala' of 1: 0,000 Tyrith 1S9 shoots and. of the l4ilitaorkartO
dos Bistums ?I7.1.. st~~'ian l:6Z.,000 a photogravure edition in t1 original scaic.
Until the middle of the 18th century, the production of maps wa not yet
under the jurisdiction of the state in 0idcnburg either. flaps of larger arras
all Look 1..ike sketcho$ of the terrat; Ilunr:-ch ? s map of the (~ra:SC11aften
1 donburg and l~eLncnhorst in the: scald of 1;i6,OOO which was woubli.....ed in 1761,
0
f'or the first time shows hi(;hwa~rs besides showing; the Aomter and Vo rtc>i- boundaries.
Iandvogt G or Christian von Odder frorn the f Zish )ovcrnmcnt instituted
the first topographic ,ilrvey Oldonburg. The result o: tliis survey was
colr~pi1kd in s,1)eclal rn.p3 of scale 1: ~t., OOO, and tho reductions of this may: to the
J
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t s '~lao~ c .nc:l.ti~dc:
? In ?tl,,c~ e l~r;~;
7- ~,~,'~i~'t.~ l. .n '~~ I ,~day.',tci iiartr1 ,
sctil~, o:E 1:20,1:20,000 xP' ~~?~? ~~hc.,M trc,a~r?t,1?~~'.
:('t r~~,c:~nl?uxand ~;)t;;1.mc.nlio ^
a.~' the :f.'or~riux rr~~?Tcha, cn C)7.. :
,rc~r~
the x ~:~ . ,
in t,. scale
ba.Lc [bar ?t ~iscale o:~ i; l~ar~, a0a
1~r 1xc,drI.CYI
C ~w~lea1bux;`;, ~.CCOx?~?~,X~cr ?r,0
nt1'tiIlart? tom IoroF~t~rn 01 ,
c~:~ni.na?~7~on~~,
ost rccc;nt a,stronorai.cal dot
and ?)parxc,;!?h1c,:tiJ. si.la^V(;rcj ahd the r~
?, ~~ ??-?^~. 7?v(~x and Icnla:)ha~'w,~c~n and t11G raouti:1s
~, -part ~?ri.?th the ~~oxc~c,xa?n~;
,rax?thcxil ~?
(~01.~
7 was c;nr;xa.vc;cl in Coai~e.x in 1,
~,O3 This 1~a~
by r, Tnr~ J~a?de; ~.vCra - 1?t, , ~h,~
r.E th ,resc;x ~~?. ~
t.~c
~.alls ~r;ntl.~.xT, xccluct~i.r~ns of
..
by ~'"~.SC)1bC.i'1? ):LnC0 ti() aC;V. '?1'tli'l.C:.; of the ,?,x(:w
~. .a s C~Dr~1r11~1:L't>r map a,
to the scan o of 1:10,000 ~,?rcxc 7,riftCr1
cad~~.atra.l ~' .ol( '. 7rh~)c
"3.; to 1~~~0 b?\r' l:)c,~^?L 1~'ha..itx?L von
., ~ from 1~.,
In the lot SvC;r c~..4 r~ ~.cacl out :Ei
1 a f ~~ ?~~~Gain a, a
and
)i d?Cfbur. s ur Lf
? ~~,r~.,~ ~=+c,c~. to "Li,e o11i1 hand. dxatir:~n,.~~ liCh ~. ex
?to~~ora~~hi.c ~r~~~lr.~x ,,hwacr,;t was a.1;~~ra~,.-~, ~ gin.1C- ~ 1 ?~00 OOU
.C .JC~?
r7 The i eneral':t:axt? vom Ilc r~',o ; b )1 Gld.Cnbu~ , o
,. It ravod in cap.>cr ~~,nr~ :For the ~.~.;.r;, chart c~lzoet~~~, .~L u~. ..
tim was ../ . ?, vor~ IIc7a;~,tLLr 0lrlon'ov.rr of scab aCCC1.l? to ~3o-t'wcc;n 15:~ and a s~~~ozia.lka~^tc ,
?0 ~, ~ ~t~~nc , i'hc, 1ra17 ti~ra~~ in groat dor~land,
000 in 11~.G ;a~~cots was cna? ~.vcc~ In ,~
~ 6
i.nco R~ ~ ~ f'o~.^ dcca.duou~ and co:n:~?{'c;x^ous ~'oc~
s tl~c: caxc:C~..ly ~~xapaxf,d ~ rba~.
r~le;a,da~rs, ~a~ra.rps, and ~i'avol, as wail
or, f' .~~l~~?'al:tornin
.oaths, rio , ~
as tiv~7.?ti..an, ?tl~.c dikes and alluvial p~. tuxc:-
thr: ~xrso~?~ta~ti.an o f: scattered cu .l. cxco:).l.e;nt
and t)1.o ;:ndbani:S and Sha11_as,?TS in t~?)o ocean r~avc an y
land, on tr~c coact, 1;~a .r,tiie~ ~'clrr x:~sc~s
rL-c~xi:3tZ.Ca of th 0lclonbur~; landSCaPc~?
twithout
i but unaxtl?'?I~atdl.~~ xE;l"1C~;i n(3C~ without
..C~.ll~~ ,rc,i7o ^cluc ~
in tc,rxaa,rca c}~.ax~~c~~or=?a~;i rl?o~~l:~l c; 1.~.nF, a .
?na. , All t:pos c f roads arc i..ndiCat?d through
a.nc~icat~-ocif o).e;vat~.~rc not ~:~c;c;n ~~ll~a:l.:~s)z~-~~. ~.,a.nco
out in cevoxal cdi.tianu, but have not i.
The raps car o
1,1~, ~d.i.stc nco r,E:~s) in :Four
. ., ~? lcartcn
.? ?t}uY~r ~?rore re~~1.a,CCd bar nine ~nt~c??rnun~inc~7 Z92E~ the. c~lcl.orrbuxSurvey O:E:Ei.co has
colors in the scale of 1:~0,000~ ~
a
also (ac3riiina.st'rati0n rya) in Gir ht colors of scab
~,ubli. he;d~Vorltun~slcar~o
1:100,000?
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,, rti~,,,,~,?~~ c1(,'pa ,"
~, of t1'la ~>11C.?.,, ,
howov'.; r T~.an4, t)1cc:.
me
a do
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1aou~ldar 1.x.71 to la;.'~,uc~r~~
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are ~- 1tie1~t a he ~~~
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~, dda.'~~,ar!al dctr;r~~1~nat~
2 ~UU ~rcro uac.?;d with ~..
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~~
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.
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X1ts research has r~COmc ba
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(10$
~? 1Zc1;C'~aQ;'~77'!T~a
, clr~~rtt~
1 ~~Y1dr,
']~aq')Q;`r:11=111,aC'lf' ~~
o~ tl'~~; co~tlax;;ra '~h 'Vj t~ a!.
roar tho turn Lln ~C,~1rG`1.1x~ ~,ct:>" ,~
be; T
. . the oca1,o of :Ltl()~UC)U bra a ~...~;arcl?T an(~? t"C?~ ,aIt way
rr~~~nacl'~~roa??~ (c~ riot ~ icd? ~~:a
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scale as tic; 'Lo t1.
~o th , , 5car i' thc' urVr, to
~1 r.i.~a, ' G ' ' v'-'? .nor OC)U 1.1:~
to ~.... c.l " ,~ ,~C naps) l > of i cl
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r. ? cno 7.: 3,C)UO and n.rw 1arst1artCf (fog. r .~.n 1~1^o~?rn
c~c~,,1br::rc~:Lna:~w1C;~~)lo. ^r ,N~, - ha.acl~9 o^~^a, .-
~.n 'b1~rCG Calat (bay ~ a corrc,ar1~?
ma~~
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al
r~ c,
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con?~our 1::L, ?~Gar1.~:~ ,
1Lans
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Ctr >lc br c or T1
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:CaCC, . t11r ,.rrcular
~~ed ?L1~xauth a larc)Z 1 ~ ~ C
?. a ^ t)n a' ac3 a r c~Sult a
all '1~% ~C
h
of w it 1
n
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1.~ r~1a or tho err
1co1-~po ~, or 0f contour noa
sur
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 as a pralina r step forUc;utschc~ (~r~uxldl~arten (base mal:~s
~.rn ~
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I x ?~ c,sont ~)Qnc1~.?La.ox~ off:' pf~'a.c~,a1. ~~~,~^~,ar;x~,~,~~~r
a ca:)1p1.c;'~al~r
:
now topom :a~;raaL878l~a.c to vc190B thc: pru.ss Lan ?rcociot~ic ourvc;r condLtictc;d
a ~.e
1 bo the ca
~ sly ,~
of 7~:2000; tacla;;1r , i~ r of the rc~penta.rc..rccnt present re ion o:f: Lowor SaxoV
~ ~tllc 1aa~i. s fothe 1:2,000, ~,:lc:)0, 00(7
G sti.;l.:l. u ~
and i::300,000 aerioa ?
~;ince then the c;adc~ ,.: ,t.~c su.r ' v~:r ha.s Lulder~oale man; a~^an~.2~.?~a.o. c1nr;os.
for Ceodc~tic urv@~>~7
LandcsauCna 0 l~.c:ich Office for
aall of i'ic ia1 ta~pograpYlic maps
~.UUntil l~lex:l7..9in 3B was ths e rc;Rcspon Sa.th$arb:lc, fuer for tJ~~a ,.
of .on of ,. rya?: ~~ sGric;; of the 1,a,c;ndcr was c:1.eccan'bral
~.,QYfrcr 0o.xorl~r , Then ~l~.c comp~.J.a~.
.r yen (Main SL,.x^ve~T 1~ivi mans) . ITaLIp tVC~^111C uwun",,aM
1'~auptvc,xi~LCCOUn~',aabte.LJ.1u~., (
a.zed to the w
obtc~i:~lr; VII in 1lannovcr was cor~~~misca:L0nc1d to l,caop current, ~ecurrent, rc;p^ ~aducE, and
r' and to~:ao;rapYlic; maps of scale ].:2~,000.
~~~ ~ ..
)~rin C'~rrnan bass maps o~: . scalerac.~1.. .,c~.~a,~~'7.aU00 ches T.aa,n(lr;svc,rme~;sunramt (tile reoclctic
After the rollapc, tlac~ T.liede.c~
S1~'s ~tvcrr~~ossun;~ sabtc:;'~lun lrve~r y of Lozrcr Saxony) developed for VII . The
~ o:C L~o~rcr SaxonT describod the activitY t]~i a
i~'n of ,~ ;Jc
l' ~inistc;r of t~~.c~ lntcri.~r s 11a~), r e.ncy
the, decree of 2? 1`1ove,ribc,r i9) B as foilOWS:
. ~, ~an
The
1. o /1~.r~.c~ cleraaechsJ c;svcrr~osaux~;sarlt Yeas tlzr task of cor,tipil~.n_,, 1 .C.ce1
. scl~.c ~ Tnd
current, roproducin~ and printin{; the
~te 1;50,000; l~artc dc~s peubscl~en eiclrr:s
cut~.,~cho a~ ~'a~
a) >~tirich maps (p -
1.;100,000; Ucbc.r,~~rv-'chtsl.artc: von Yiittel~T,ui^opa 1:300,000; Ueber~
s i C1itsl(artc; 1:i,000,000),
b) sand Map series a>11i.sche Marten ~;:25,OU0; ]7eutsche Gx^und-
.i.ca (.l0po,.,r1
karton 1: ,00U),
ecial official maps.
c) Sp
?~ E,cadet:LC aurvc:~' ~r,asl~s ~rl'11.CY1
and sunorvision over the
2 . direction folowina
:
e clo7 oUatGd to the cadastral ofi.COS
wer
~~ation in the continuance of t01 o graphic maps 1: 2~, 000
eration
a) coop
000
) 1:5
,
ing maps
0n of .. .r 1~Lata~.tcfl:> -lax~lcartr::n c,,das'tral plann ~
ti
i 1
s,
b) comp
. _ \ 1 ,
5 000.
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f 'Lnal S?tP ill t'lc:
~,cttcring iS
It was
atic,n of the DeUb C 1; ;rundkar
conlpi.l t..
' th the '~"11,11k~"Otid )LU1C11 8,pparatLl,:, ~ In this
starill:~~;d on be znap ~- G
as .
t1
~
1
ii Icc~Z,at w Zc,n
: lottor
f .n~.nC1ai rcasonS.
cadastra~. data, in
to produC(.;
Th& r?f'ore,
the rnan
the map s f roil ncti~
,
G .
.
are pr1ntcc~ ..n o
r are based cxterlS7-' -Y
tYlc .,
T, . th control oir+t dmtear'm .natiOns
on
ta
.
Corljunc
, .- ~ttarplan~
comparison Or C)?1)rrtc.ntary curve:TS.
'O?SSiblO
Color
by ra.vur? ( ono? )
Uartr~n is cl.o~~ao
Tho rr~T~^cluct~_on o:f. I\a a
the
only in epcCial caS:S are
i~clat ~ohc rundkartc l: ~, OOO,
on the tither hand, alwaY5
r~laps px'i':~ted, ~hc~ .. ,, .
base in black and b
Contour
appears in print as a t~ro~co - vc;x^ arcs an oyception.
tor I1anno
^
ith tho
w
rr d ma}
ca
f ;a
csn f the s,rc;a ?lnc 5 ? ~(l~'''tSCti1Ci i?:runcll',.a,rt ?
.
' pia rjrof and the c?ntour lifCS
mt_..=~ vn base Z. S I
artcsn+' ('~ol?o~,x a
I{
c
Y
a.
?
ry r~ rra,~hi,~c
. G e
rJ 0?. UQU and they Ifata.St~~x..
r" ndlcartc~ ~, i ~,
t~ch~~,, A xL
~
,)ou
f the
T3ofo Before ublicata.on o rno table sits)
QQQ (~T
altar to respectiveli, the r~opographi
?1 a
~.: ~:'
chc Kartcn
'l I~Iap ,>~.
U:Ef
L) Since ., the axtiC~-o Scric~:S "TiciC~.~, : Ction
dc s facts about pro ~ '
clLa
i
.
n
c already
d
lsLln +~
dc
~
,
r,er' . chic Maur Ileutschc~n f,an
this has not been
~. ~, tYl~.
~ ~~rachic mdp~~
,shoot format and nLlzabcring of .~l~,+r~ ?f f ica.a:l. topo:-,1
repeated here.
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~as1 and +'I711tsCh~ CrrulldkortCnrr
TIti '~,E:T111 ',an~, iL~i~~ltxa''~On
7.~ ~
.n
(~,~arma
~~~utSCYI~ (,~1anc~lc,artC ~. ~, QOU today today is tY~e most :1r~+laartant p~.anna.nan
~conoy~ ~ i nde )endc~rlt7.~,
no ton~t- aurvYec~. Corr~l;,~,~~ ,tC,lY
rt,a m
nFitY~cr to},o~fra;~luical ,. }.aZ a , 1x' ';; cnt it i s ,; r
. ,l~to~rs,,Ytm ?t~ra.c, but is (~e~vcloS~ed in sower
If in a.t~ f'u~a~. forr~l thla'ttF"r
SaXo~ from the I{a~~aa a~.y' nor ~ ,o
' er+tGn ,
ofon~l,a to th p ~,c~~^p~.anlcar~o :l Q()Q ~ x -~
. ,. ~. f, the T)rutsc)t~ (xrlandkarto as to axrrn
e csCa,fa.cat:l.on.~ or
co ~rLttsC}'1C ~rllr~d.l~;art '
.
:t; ~,r)QQ. t fter the, co
?t(a Jias boon reached.
tit bccornc~S tYlt~ baaC plate for
corl'tc,n't and f'orma't, ate?
n'r aLlrUC;~:~ and the drawing; thcs contour pl ,
tOLl
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were the only rapt which ?ox~ner1 the bast. for all, othar sca:Lc~s $,incr th r wcra
original sup c~~ys by .tapO~araph(;r~a in the fe1d.
Surveyec1 with plane table and a1iciado, thc^ originals were ongravod in
stone accorciing L'o the c:Lassi.c l)roC :$a. Tbr on ;inaJ. enffravcd stones are
Still rcac~rve:d, but are, howvor, not kent ci.arrent in ti~at way hcJcausc of
the lack of suitable r xpcrts. Chalk prig?rtra drawn upon aiti~ntinuan t%a to scaic
u:2on ChaJ_1Lr?d t,1iir pri:nts now sc: rvo tc:) l(fl) t}lC lnal") ;cries
The Topop;ra~)hiSChc, Kart.' 1:2,OOO is corroctod t1~ro,7.?h local fi.oid
corriparison of th(; c~XJ.StCnt reaps with nature in all ;:aiace;s whoa the ')eutSChe
Crrundlca.rtc 1;,OU0 or the Katasterp1anl~artt~do not e,-c oxi.s .
>
'
lowovr~ar, a..rla.rca~3 for wh:i.ch th.c _ p or ItaStCJ:'plnkart
a1re:ac1y 1-as been Co1?lpi.iC(1, thc, acs arc ?use d to correct tlic Toro gral:~hiSChc~ i' arte
> '
1:25,000. This tal.~c~s i?:L7.cc1 through ~~. ~o-c~~.J_J.r~d. to~:~amra.~r~i~~.C rc:;ort:i..ng ,e;rva..cc~
through which the cad.astral offices, as tiLc. GL,: pointc,d topoFrapiaic rcI)orti )g
offices indicate; to ti:o Niodcrsa6Ch$isci: es J,,andiesVOX7i1O5 SUnr samt all topo _,ral~hic
chani7c at rte ular i.ntrva1S upon so-c3 Ilannover
II. a3 I'i.ar(:i.eburg
111 c~ 2 Ilalle
All sheets nC)W exist in a one color and a five color edition with the moat
recent correc tioris.
6. tttSonderkartentt (spcci.ai I aps)
The off~..cial maps are reworked into nurnerous special maps. On 1 April
1951 bhe follotiti>:? n special maps witl'i t1ic moE;t recent corrections existed:
b) Kreis'karten (district maps) with Kreis boundary lines in color 1:100,000
Hannover Goslar
iiildesheim Gandersheim (five colors)
Marienburg Oldenburg; mit Stadtkreis Delmenhorst
and peins
Other Kreis maps are in progress
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c)
iliki.ng maps
for I)e ister snit 'IiJanderwcgon 1; 25, 000 (one and seven colors)
Der Nordwostharz mit Skiwegen 1:30,000 (five colors)
Westharz mi.t Wanderwegen in l;100, 000 (six colors)
Die Lueneburt er Heide 1;100,(.00 (seven colors) in four sheets and
and a central shec t (Urgebung 5oltau)
d) Lower ,,axon maps in 1:300,000
General maps of Lower Saxony with Kre is boundary lines
(two, four and sevorr colors)
I~oad map%~ of Lower Saxony with Krei a boundary lines and. official
kilometer figures
General mars of the administration bonndari.os with multi'-colored
overpr i.nt o:r tlrc Kreise
e)
City and island maps
The folow.n city and island rn~:rL~s
7eitschrift f'uer Vermessun2;swesen. 1937, pane 385396.
w. I;ost; Die amtlichen Kartenwerke in Niedersachsen (The official map series
in Lower Saxony). In: Neues Archiv fuer Niedersachsen. No. 11, l9Zi.9,
page 332-335
Verrnessunr;a- un.d Katasterverwaltunp Niederc achsens
cadastral aclm:1.nistrati.ori of
Stadtplan 1. ienbur, /r;'eser
Norden
Helms bclt
Jeer
I3reme r vo e rde
Bad C .ndersrieim
Luenebur
rnselplan Lan, eoo
Juist
Spiekeroog
13ib1:Lography
(Survey r and
1,5,000 1 color
1 e '~, 500
1;5,000
1:7,500
1;5,000
1;5,000 7 colors
1;10,000 1 color
1:)x,000/1;25,000 5 colors
1 s 5, OOOjl; 25, 000 tt
1;5,000/1;25,000 It
1949
1949
199
19L.9
1950
1950
1950
1950
1951
1951
1. J. Kretsc. nar; Der plan eines historischen Atlasses der Frovin.z Hannover
(The plan of a historic atlas of Hannover province) . In; Zeitschrift
des kiistorischen Vereins f'uer "riedersachsen. 190)4, Vol.. 1, page ).j02.
2. H. Wagner: F. egleitworte zu.r topo graphischen I.,andesaufnahme des Kurfuerstenturns
Hannover vOn l761.-17B6 (Notes on the topographic survey of the Kurfuerst-
entum Hannover from 1761-1786) - Historische Icommission fuer Hannover,
Oldenburg, fraunschweig, Schaumburg-Lippe and Bremen,
3. Cr. Schnath; Die Kurhannoversche Landesau.fnahme 176)4-1786 (The Survey of the
Irurfuerstenturn Hannover) 0 In; Ijannoversche Nab azi n. Vol. 7, page 33-53.
1.. Laths: Da.s VermessUlPswesen in Oldenburg. (Surveying in Oldenburg). In;
have been published by tlie
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13 M
Lower Saxony):