Theatrum Belli Rhenani

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Sheet 9, Mainz
Leaf cut

The Theatrum Belli Rhenani (German: Der Kriegsschauplatz am Rhein ) is a set of maps by the cartographer Cyriak Blödner , which was originally created between 1713 and 1715. The card consists of 20 individual sheets and measures a total of 290 × 170 cm. It is oriented to the west.

A second edition of this map was created between 1717 and 1725 and is in the Vienna War Archives under the same signature .

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The map shows true to detail the southern German landscape between

See also

literature

  • Wilhelm Bonacker: Life and work of the Austrian military cartographer Cyriak Blödner (1672–1733) . In: Communications from the Austrian State Archives. Volume 10, 1957, pp. 92-135.
  • Roland Häberlein (ed.): Explanations on the Theatrum Belli Rhenani / The theater of war on the Rhine 1713/1714 ( reproductions of old maps ). State Surveying Office Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart 1994.