Decker's Cardwork 1: 50,000 Sheets of Prussian Brandenburg

Nine facsimile map sheets covering the area around Berlin, reduced from original 1:25,000 surveys. The sheets were produced under the direction of Carl von Decker between 1816 and 1821 and are held by the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. The set covers an area from Kremmen and Oranienburg in the north to Mittenwalde and Storkow in the south, and from Nauen and Ketzin in the west to Strausberg in the east.

Use Cases

• Analyze historical land use and settlement patterns based on the detailed 1:50,000 scale maps.
• Study the evolution of cartographic techniques based on the facsimile reproduction of early 19th-century originals.
• Conduct regional historical research based on the geographic coverage of the Prussian province of Brandenburg.
• Compare historical and modern geospatial data based on the defined northern, southern, western, and eastern extents.

Strengths

• Covers a defined geographic area of approximately 9 map sheets.
• Reproduces historical originals from a known institution, the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic/temporal bias inherent to the original 19th-century surveys.

Provenance

Source

Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin — Prussian Cultural Heritage

Collection Method

Facsimile prints reproduced by the LGB from historical originals.

Time Range

1816-1821

Geography

Province of Brandenburg, Prussia (area around Berlin from Kremmen/Oranienburg to Mittenwalde/Storkow and from Nauen/Ketzin to Strausberg)