Country description

As Landesbeschreibung early forms of geographical were land survey indicated. From the 17th century on, it was understood to be a collection of topographic maps combined with textual descriptions of landscapes and cities.

Well-known works of this genre include a .:

New country description of the two duchies of Schleswig and Holstein from 1652
the Württemberg description of the country by Jakob Frischlin in 1613, see the saga of the Hirschgulden

the Codex Welser , an inventory of the Duchy of Jülich from around 1720

Upper office descriptions in southern Germany, e.g. B. from the Topographical Bureau of the Kingdom of Württemberg

Johann Goswin Widder's geographical and historical description of the Electoral Palatinate from 1786.

The (still differently named) predecessors of these compilations can be:

the Carta Marina of Scandinavia and the accompanying commentaries Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus , which Olaus Magnus published in Venice in 1539 after 12 years of work
the Frisiae descriptio by Henricus Ubbius around 1530.

The New Country Description of the Southern Danish Provinces by Heinrich Rantzau (around 1570) should be understood more in an economic sense .

Current works also have the character of earlier descriptions of the country, e.g. B. the Historical Atlas of Bavaria .

See also:

Ulrich Campell : Raetiae alpestris descriptio Topographica ( Topographical Description of Alpine Raetia / the Rhaetian Alpine country ). Chur 1573
Josias Simler : De Alpibus commentarius ( Commentary on the Alps ) from 1574
Topographia Ducatus Montani from 1715 (oldest topographical representation of the entire Bergisches Land with the Duchy of Berg )

Individual evidence

^ New editions: Ulrici Campelli Raetiae alpestris topographica descriptio (= sources on Swiss history. Vol. 7). Edited by Christian Immanuel Kind . F. Schneider, Basel 1884; (Paperback) (= Historical Print Editions ). British Library, [London] 2011, ISBN 978-1-241-46377-9 (Latin). - In addition: Third and fourth appendix to Ulrich Campell's topography of Graubünden. (= Supplement to the annual report of the Natural Research Society of Graubünden. New series. Vol. 42–44, 1898 / 1899–1900 / 1901 ). Edited by Traugott Schiess. J. Casanova's printing press, Chur 1900, OCLC 889865375 (Latin-German).
^ De Alpibus commentarius. The Alps. Editing, translating, explaining and introducing v. Alfred Steinitzer. With one hundred and twelve illustrations. Gesellschaft Alpiner Buchfreunde, Munich 1931, OCLC 504343489 (first comprehensive description of the Alps).

[1] New editions: Ulrici Campelli Raetiae alpestris topographica descriptio (= sources on Swiss history. Vol. 7). Edited by Christian Immanuel Kind . F. Schneider, Basel 1884; (Paperback) (= Historical Print Editions ). British Library, [London] 2011, ISBN 978-1-241-46377-9 (Latin). - In addition: Third and fourth appendix to Ulrich Campell's topography of Graubünden. (= Supplement to the annual report of the Natural Research Society of Graubünden. New series. Vol. 42–44, 1898 / 1899–1900 / 1901 ). Edited by Traugott Schiess. J. Casanova's printing press, Chur 1900, OCLC 889865375 (Latin-German).

[2] De Alpibus commentarius. The Alps. Editing, translating, explaining and introducing v. Alfred Steinitzer. With one hundred and twelve illustrations. Gesellschaft Alpiner Buchfreunde, Munich 1931, OCLC 504343489 (first comprehensive description of the Alps).