Diercke World Atlas

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Three generations of covers
139th edition, 1968
55th edition, 1921
10th edition, 1887
(similar in height, but much wider than all later vertical editions)
Title page of the first publisher's brochure from 1903

The Diercke World Atlas is a school world atlas that has been used in all parts of Germany since 1883 and has been published by Westermann Verlag ever since . According to him, the chronicle contains the following essential requirements:


Under the title School Atlas - over all parts of the world


Under the title Diercke School Atlas - for higher educational institutions

  • 1895: 31st edition by Carl Diercke and Eduard Gaebler;
    first revision, 152 main maps, 149 secondary maps, 148 pages, slim portrait format (~ 1: 1.6) cover brown
  • 1911: 48th edition, major revision under the direction of Carl and Paul Diercke , over 350 maps, 156 pages, brown


Under the title Diercke School Atlas - for higher education institutions

  • 1932: 72nd edition ("Large Edition") Completion of a major revision under Paul Diercke, 164 pages, brown


Under the new title Diercke World Atlas - without subtitles

  • 1950: 84th edition by Richard Dehmel , first post-war revision, over 300 maps, 142 pages (~ 1: 1.65) green
  • 1957: 89th edition "founded by C. Diercke, continued by R. Dehmel", fundamental revision,
    for the first time in a wider portrait format close to DIN C4 , over 400 cards, 148 pages (23½ × 34 cm; ~ 1: 1.45) brown
  • 1974: 185th edition by Ferdinand Mayer , basic revision, 500 maps / illustrations, 200 pages (~ 1: 1.4) blue
  • 1988: 1st edition of the complete revision by Ulf Zahn , 400 maps / illustrations, 235 pages (~ 1: 1.28) dark blue
  • 2002: 5th edition updated and revised edition by Thomas Michael , 239 pages (~ 1: 1.28) dark blue
  • 2008 1st edition of the complete revision by Thomas Michael, 460 maps / illustrations, 252 pages (~ 1: 1.28) blue
  • 2015 1st edition of the complete revision by Thomas Michael, 510 maps / images, 320 pages (~ 1: 1.28) blue


Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Diercke Chronicle. On diercke.de. Westermann Group , accessed on March 11, 2020 .