Schauenburg Collection

The Schauenburg Collection is a collection of 68 thematic maps , mainly from the Swiss Plateau and the Swiss Jura , which were created between 1616 and 1789 .

It shows militarily important objects and landscapes in what was then Bernese sovereign territory . The collection was confiscated in 1789 by the French general Schauenburg during the French invasion at the Battle of Grauholz . In 1881 the Swiss Confederation was able to buy back the collection from the National and University Library of Strasbourg . Today the originals are in the State Archives of the Canton of Bern and belong to the Federal Military Library .

The maps were issued in 1989 as a facsimile print in their original size. The facsimile prints are available in many Swiss libraries.

See also

• March book with plans along the entire border of the Republic of Bern by the geodesist Samuel Bodmer , 1712

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Schauenburg Collection of the Federal Military Library and the Historical Service . Derck CE Engelberts (Ed.). Texts by Georges Grosjean ... [et al.], Contribution to the history of Switzerland using maps from the 17th and 18th centuries. Hauterive, 1989.
2. ↑ Valentin Handschin and Stefan Schaerer: The Schauenburg Collection of the Federal Military Library , In: Jürg Bühler: Cartographic Collections in Switzerland - Articles on Selected Collections and the History of Cartography in Switzerland , Bern, (online) .
3. ↑ swissbib.ch - Search "Schauenburg Collection"