Putzger's historical world atlas

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Putzger from 1924, Swiss edition

The Putzger Historical World Atlas (short of Putzger ) is the most common historical atlas in Germany . It is also considered a standard work for history teaching beyond Germany.

history

The Historical School Atlas was published for the first time in Leipzig in 1877 . Its author was the secondary school teacher Friedrich Wilhelm Putzger .

Initially conceived as an affordable (and therefore quickly popular) school atlas for secondary school students from a modest background, it soon became a standard work for adults with an interest in history. In 1954 Putzger came to Cornelsen Verlag with the Velhagen und Klasing publishing house. The first completely revised post-war edition appeared in the same year. The Putzger is published today by Cornelsen Verlag in Berlin and came out in 2002 on the 125th anniversary with a large edition that surpasses the previous tradition both in terms of format and scope. With around 8.5 million copies sold, the "Putzger" has earned a reputation as a standard work of historical cartography far beyond schools and beyond Germany. In countries such as Switzerland, Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Israel and the USA, the Putzger has long been considered the standard work for historical atlases.

Others

In the 2007 editions for Bavaria and 2005 for Berlin (103rd edition) there is a fictitious entry with the title Hobbiton , a fictional city from the novel The Lord of the Rings , as a historical event , the "Murder Sarumans, the former leader of the White Council ”. Furthermore, reference is made to a map of Central Europe, on which you can actually find Hobbiton roughly on today's border between Austria and Slovenia. Rivendell is also hidden in the register and on a map. So to map reading not only be learned with a wink, but also showed that information must not vote just because it stands in a textbook.

Expenses (selection)

  • Cornelsen Verlag (Ed.): Putzger - Atlas and Chronicle of World History. Cornelsen Verlag 448 pages, linen cover with dust jacket, atlas format 25 × 34 cm, Berlin 2009 ISBN 978-3-464-63970-2 .
  • Ernst Bruckmüller, Peter Claus Hartmann (ed.): Putzger - Atlas and Chronicle of World History. Cornelsen, Berlin, 2002 (2nd A.), 432 pages. ISBN 3-464-64405-7 (large edition).
  • Walter Leisering (ed.): Historical world atlas. Founded by FW Putzger; 97th edition Berlin 1974.
  • Walter Leisering (ed.): Putzger historical world atlas. Edition with register . Cornelsen, Berlin 2001. ISBN 3-464-00178-4 (small edition).
  • Putzger's historical world atlas. Edition with register . 102nd edition, Cornelsen, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-464-00176-8 (paperback edition).
  • Putzger Historical World Atlas. Extended edition . 104th edition, Cornelsen, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-464-63972-6

Web links

Wikisource: FW Putzger's historical school atlas  - sources and full texts
Commons : Putzger's Historischer Schul-Atlas  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hobbiton is in Carinthia!
  2. ↑ Hobbits in the World Atlas . In: Der Spiegel . No. 49 , 2006, pp. 155 ( online ).