Special geographic atlas of Germany and neighboring countries on a scale of 1: 200,000
The special geographic atlas of Germany and neighboring countries on a scale of 1: 200,000 is a topographic map series. It was founded by Daniel Gottlob Reymann (1759–1837) and appeared from 1806. It was updated until 1906.
history
In 1788 Daniel Gottlob Reymanns was appointed inspector of the planning chamber in the management of the map collection of the King of Prussia.
By 1806 Reymann published the first sections of his most extensive work, the Geographical Special Atlas of Germany and the neighboring countries on a scale of 1: 200,000 : Sections Wieck, Arcona, Stralsund, Bergen, Demmin, Anclam.
During the Fourth Coalition War until Napoleon's entry into Berlin on October 27, 1806, Reymann relocated the plan chamber to Königsberg and saved the holdings of the chamber from certain loss to the French. It was not until 1815 that he and the collection of the planning chamber returned to Berlin.
In 1836 he handed over the management of his work to Professor Berghaus with the publication of the 142nd sheet, Reymann's Special-Karte von Central-Europa. After Reymann's death in 1832, Friedrich Wilhelm III. initially continue the work of Karl Wilhelm von Oesfeld (1781–1843), the son of Carl Ludwig von Oesfeld . Friedrich Handtke later took over the map series , which then comprised more than 330 sheets.
Emil von Sydow wrote about the work: “The basis of Reymann's map is so thoroughly solid, the yardstick for the right balance between topographical specialty and general overview so well chosen ... that it replaces the lack of topographical special maps for many needs . "
Daniel Gottlob Reymann's map series is considered to be one of the best and most precisely recorded of its time. In the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71, the Prussian officers were provided with cards from Reymann and particularly praised their accuracy and attention to detail.
The map, originally planned only for Germany, was expanded from Grodno to Paris in 1844 and expanded from 342 to 462 sections (each 34 cm × 23 cm), and finally to 529 sections. The hatched work is essentially a copperplate engraving , with the exception of a few sections in neighboring countries. In 1846 the rights to the card were sold to the Flemming publishing house in Glogau , but the card was still used by the Prussian military until 1888. The map series was updated until 1908.
Successor maps were the topographic overview map of the German Empire 1: 200,000 (TÜDR 200, 1st sheet 1899) and the overview map of Central Europe 1: 300,000 (ME 300, from 1893, designation 1905, 1st sheet 1906).
See also
Web links
- Gerd Krüger and Jörg Schnadt: German Empire, Chapter 4.2: The Royal Prussian Land Registration in the Empire 1871-1919. Institute for Geographical Sciences, Free University of Berlin
- 972 single sheets of Reymann's Special-Karte von Central-Europa, 1896–1908 Landkartenarchiv.de
- Reymann's Special card, 1832–1870, translated in PDF by Martin Johnson
- Archiwum Map Wojskowego Instytutu Geograficznego 1919–1939 (Polish)
- Reymann cards (nlds.)