From 1875, the Prussian State Recording began producing these 1:25,000 scale topographic maps, with the work essentially completed by 1912. The sheets, featuring contour lines and a normal-zero reference, formed the largest-scale topographic map series for the area of the Reich Office for Land Recording by 1931. They are available as plano sheets, mostly in single-color prints.
Use Cases
- Analyzing historical landforms and elevation based on the contour line representation.
- Studying the evolution of cartographic techniques and civilian map demand in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- Georeferencing historical features for comparison with modern maps based on the precise 1:25,000 scale.
Strengths
- Covers a significant historical period from 1875 to 1931.
- Represents the largest-scale topographic map series for the German Empire's area at the time.
- Based on a standardized production method by the Prussian State Recording and later Reich Office.
Limitations
- Last updated 1938-01-01 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the source and era.
Provenance
- Source
- Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie
- Collection Method
- Systematic topographic surveying and mapping by the Prussian State Recording and the Reich Office for Land Recording.
- Time Range
- 1875 to 1931
- Freshness
- 1938-01-01 00:00:00
- Geography
- German Empire, specifically the area covered by sheet 3743 Beelitz.