Nord Deutschland (North Germany)

This map was produced for the 1902 Diercke, Schul-Atlas fur Hohere Lehranstalten, (Diercke Education Atlas for Higher Educational Institutions) This atlas was prepared and issued by C. Diercke and E.Gaebler for the Westermann publishing group in Braunschweig. With the help of fellow cartographer, Eduard Gaebler, Carl Dierckes maps became a staple in the geography classrooms in Germany. From 1893 until his death, Diercke was editor of all the maps for Westermann Verlag. All text is in German with full color that has remained quite bold. A wonderful example of the fine German engraving work of the time. These beautiful, topographic maps show the physical attributes and contours of the land as well as identifies cities, countries, rivers, mountains, boundaries, and more. They are double sided maps (shown side by side in image) which have corresponding information to the country on the opposite side. This tri-fold map shows North Germany on one side and has thirteen smaller maps on the other regarding: S’chsische Schweiz und Lausitzer (Saxon Switzerland and Lusatian), Th’ringen (Thuringia), Iser-und Riesengebirge (Iser and Giant Mountains), Plateau von Pommerellen (Plateau of Pomerania), Breslau und die Trebnitzer H’hen (Wroclaw and the Trebnitzer heights), Havelquellengebiet (Havel source area), Porta Westfalica, Kiel und Umgegend (Kiel and environs), Danzig und Umgegend (Danzig and environs), Die Elbm’ndung (the Elbe estuary), Bremen und Umgegend, (Bermen and environs), and L’beck u. Umgegend (L’beck and environs).

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