COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Geographisches Institut (Weimar)
Author:
Streit, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1772-1839
Date:
1813
Short Title:
Sect. 123. Theil von Bohmen. = Partie de la Boheme
Publisher:
Geographisches Institut
Publisher Location:
Weimar
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
47
Obj Width cm:
54
Scale 1:
180,000
Note:
Engraved map of pilsen and environs, Bohemia. Relief shown by hachures and form lines.
Country:
Czech Republic
Region:
Bohemia (Czech Republic)
Full Title:
Sect. 123. Theil von Bohmen. = Partie de la Boheme. Weimar, im Verlage des Geographischen Institut. (to accompany) Topographisch-militairische Charte von Teutschland : in 204 Sectionen ... 1807. = Carte topographique et militaire de L'Allemagne ... 1807-1813.
List No:
11803.136
Page No:
123
Series No:
136
Publication Author:
Geographisches Institut (Weimar)
Publication Author:
Streit, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1772-1839
Pub Date:
1813
Pub Title:
Topographisch-militairische Charte von Teutschland : in 204 Sectionen, unternommen von dem Geographisches Institut zu Weimar 1807. Sect. 10 (second title page) Carte topographique et militaire de L'Allemagne : en 204 feuilles, publiee par l'Institut geographique a Weimar, 1807-1813. Sect. 10.
Pub Note:
Topographic and military atlas of Germany in German and French. In 204 loose leaf numbered sections, on sheets 64 x 43 or smaller, with general index sheet and numbered index sheet, referring to the section number on the map, in green paper half leather covered boards, with title on spine in gilt. Title page marked "Sect. 10". Some sheets consist of two sections. Some sheets include index on verso. Area covered includes portions of Poland, Bohemia, northern Italy, Austria, Switzerland and Yugoslavia. Maps created between 1807-1813, showing major cities, fortress, towns, roads, post offices, landmarks, forests, rivers and mountains. Relief shown by hachures and form lines. Further background from Petra Svatek: "The topographical military map of Germany was published from 1807 to 1813 by Friedrich Wilhelm Streit (1772-1839) in the Geographical Institute in Weimar. The establishment of this institute took place in 1804 by the German patron and publisher Friedrich Justin Bertuch (1747-1822), who outsourced it from the state-industrial comptoirs. In the following years, they specialized mainly in the publication of maps, globes and geographical journals. Streit was born in Vienna and became the map department of the Geographical Institute from 1807 on before he was replaced in 1814 by Carl Ferdinand Weiland. He was also active in the Prussian army… The extremely detailed map consists of 204 leaves in conical projection, each having a uniform format of about 40 cm wide and about 29 cm high. The scale can be specified with about 1: 180,000 and appears in graphic form in two German geogr. Miles (sheet 10). Each sheet has its own alphanumeric search grid (numbers 1 to 4 and letters A to F) and is provided with a sheet number. The geographical latitudes and latitudes are not registered. The map should be useful to travelers as well as scientists and the military. It stretches from the Baltic Sea coast in the north to the Adriatic Sea in the south and from the German-French border in the west to western Poland and Hungary in the east. The northern part of the island of Rügen is on sheet number 1. The sheet number 4 contains the island of Heligoland and three views of the island. A wind rose is also visualized on this sheet. Hamburg is for example on sheet 17, Berlin on sheet 50, Dusseldorf on sheet 64, Leipzig on sheet 70, Dresden on sheet 84, Frankfurt am Main on sheet 106, Prague on sheet 112, Heidelberg on sheet 118, Würzburg on sheet 119, Ingolstadt on sheet 145, Passau on sheet 147, Munich on sheet 156, Linz on sheet 159, Vienna on sheet 161, Innsbruck on sheet 175 and Trient on sheet 196. The river network and also the lakes are registered realistically. For example, on sheet 29 the map viewers can see Lake Müritz, on sheet 165 the bottom lake, on sheet 168 the Chiem Lake and on sheet 169 the Salzkammergut lakes. In the mouths of the estuaries and along the coasts, there are always points that reflect shoals (eg Weser estuary on Sheet 15). Also, the arable areas of rivers with many branches of the river are well represented by a surface signature. Particularly beautiful examples can be seen in Szczecin (Sheet 31), along the Isar (example Sheet 146) and along the Danube (example Sheet 144, Sheet 159). Moore (Ex. The large peat bog near Osnabrück on Sheet 45, udder moor with Bremen on sheet 26) and heathen (ex. Trebnitzer Heyde on sheet 75, Cotbuser Heide on sheet 61) are also shown separately in the form of a surface signature. However, real-time information can also be read out about the extent and location of the forests. The map also contains many forest names (The Saxon forest near Hamburg on sheet 17, Spandausche forest on sheet 50, the Laurenz forest near Nuremberg on sheet 121, Kempter forest near Kempten on sheet 166, etc.). Windmills are shown, for example, on sheet 47 near Hildesheim and on sheet 58 near Magdeburg. The terrain reproduction was done in caterpillar style. Single mountains have been named (Brocken B. on Sheet 57 near Golsar, Radstadter Tauern near Radstadt on sheet 177). The glaciers represented strife horizontally hatched (explanation on sheet 182!). For example, you can see this signature in the area of the Hintertux Glacier, which was named Alpeiner Ferner (Sheet 175). In addition, some observation desks (eg Konigswart at Eger on sheet 110) and the main streets are visualized. Avenues are reproduced in the form of tree-lined streets (eg on sheet 50 between Berlin and Potsdam). Also citadels got their own signature (eg citadel Spandau on sheet 50). The map work also contains an overview sheet."
Pub List No:
11803.000
Pub Type:
National Atlas
Pub Maps:
204
Pub Height cm:
48
Pub Width cm:
57
Image No:
11803136.jp2
Authors:
Geographisches Institut (Weimar); Streit, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1772-1839
