Pürschgerichtkarte

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Rottweiler Pürschgericht map from 1564

The Rottweiler Pürschgerichtkarte is a map that shows the free imperial city of Rottweil and the surrounding area. The circular map has a diameter of around two meters and was created by David Rötlin for the Rottweiler administration in 1564 . The chapel church is shown in the center of the map , the area shown extends from Villingen to Oberndorf and from the Black Forest to the Swabian Alb . The scale is largest in the middle and decreases towards the edge.

The Pürschgerichtkarte is on display in the Rottweiler City Museum. In the city museum there is a model of Rottweil from the 16th century, which was created from the map.

literature

  • Winfried Hecht: Rottweil 400 years ago . Rottweiler History and Antiquity Association, Rottweil 1987
  • Oscar Hölder: The Pürschgericht map of the former Free Imperial City of Rottweil from the year 1564. Reprinted after the donation from the Altertumsverein Rottweil, Stuttgart 1936.

Web links

Commons : Rottweiler Pürschgerichtkarte 1564  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
  • Culturegraph information about the Rottweiler Pürschgerichtkarte

Individual evidence

  1. The Pürschgerichtkarte on rottweil.net
  2. Brief description of the city museum on rottweil.de

Coordinates: 48 ° 13 ′ 42.5 ″  N , 8 ° 23 ′ 3.2 ″  E