Atlas of states of Germany
- Also see: Atlas of Germany.
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General maps
Map of Germany Karte Deutschlands |
Map of Germany in German Karte Deutschlands |
This section holds maps of the administrative divisions.
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Map of Germany
Karte Deutschlands
Maps of divisions
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Federal States of Germany Die Bundesländer |
Politische Gliederung Political structure |
Locator maps of the actual German länder
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Bayern (2)
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Berlin (3)
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Brandenburg (4)
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Bremen (5)
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Hamburg (6)
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Hessen (7)
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Niedersachsen (9)
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Nordrhein-Westfalen (10)
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Rheinland-Pfalz (11)
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Saarland (12)
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Sachsen (13)
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Sachsen-Anhalt (14)
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Schleswig-Holstein (15)
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Thüringen (16)
Topographic maps of single länder
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Baden-Württemberg
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Hessen
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Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
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Nordrhein-Westfalen
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Sachsen
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Schleswig-Holstein
Districts
Besides the following maps of all Germany, there are overviews of the districts of each land
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Landkreise and free cities (yellow) | Landkreise with electoral districts |
Former German fractional states
History of former German states
Prussia
1618-1701: Brandenburg-Prussia (Brandenburg-Preussen) - monarchy most of the time partly inside the Holy Roman Empire c.q. successor states |
1701-1871: Kingdom of Prussia (Königreich Preussen) - monarchy most of the time partly inside the Holy Roman Empire c.q. successor states |
Growth of Prussia 1600-1795 |
Growth of Prussia 1807-1871 |
The ten provinces of the Kingdom of Prussia, at the time of the formation of the German Confederation (1815) |
Prussia at the time of the formation of the German Empire (1871) |
Prussia 1871-1919 |
The Free State of Prussia at the time of the Weimar Republic (1919) |
The provincial divisions of the Free State of Prussia (early 1920) |
East Prussia 1923-1939 |
East Prussia 1939 |
Pomerania |
Silesia |
Memel Territory (now in Lithuania) |
Baden
1867-1871: Grand Duchy of Baden (Grossherzogtum Baden) - independent monarchy |
After the Austro-Prussian war, Baden remained outside the North-German Confederation. In a way it was independent between 1867 and 1871, when it joined the German Empire. |
Bavaria
1867-1871: Kingdom of Bavaria (Köngigreich Bayern) - independent monarchy After the Austro-Prussian war, Bavaria remained outside the North-German Confederation. In a way it was independent between 1867 and 1871, when it joined the German Empire. |
Hesse
1867-1871: Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine (Grossherzogtum Hessen und zu Rhein) - independent monarchy After the Austro-Prussian war, the south part of Hesse remained outside the North-German Confederation. In a way it was independent between 1867 and 1871, when it joined the German Empire. |
Württemberg
1867-1871: Kingdom of Württemberg (Königreich Württemberg) - independent monarchy After the Austro-Prussian war, Württemberg remained outside the North-German Confederation. In a way it was independent between 1867 and 1871, when it joined the German Empire. |
States inside the German Empire
Hesse-Darmstadt |
Anhalt |
Hesse-Darmstadt 1930 |
Map of the Hessian countries around 1900 |
Saxony Duchies in Thuringia |
Saxony 1930 |
Free City of Lübeck |
Kingdom of Hannover in the German Confederation |
Saar
1920-1935: Territory of the Saar Basin (Territoire du Bassin de la Sarre/Saarbeckengebiet) - territory under French League of Nations mandate |
1947-1956: Saar (Saar) - French protectorate |
Lander at the time of the proclamation the two German States in 1949
German Democratic Republic (DDR)
German Democratic Republic
1949-1990: German Democratic Republic (Deutsche Demokratische Republik) - independent people's republic, satellite state of the USSR |
In 1949 the German Democratic Republic was proclaimed in the Soviet zone of Germany. |
Districts of German Democratic Republic |
Old maps of all Germany
Old maps
This section holds copies of original general maps more than 70 years old.
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Herman Moll New Map of Germany |
Historical map of the German Empire |
Prussia (political map before 1905) |
Kingdom of Saxony 1895 |
Kingdom of Saxony 1905 |
Baden and Rhenish Bavaria 1905 |
Württemberg and Hohenzollern |
Kingdom of Württemberg 1905 |
Historical map of Alsace-Lorraine (Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen) 1905 |
Alsace-Lorraine 1905, area of the territory highlighted |
High-resolution map (7,473 × 7,773) of Alsace-Lorraine as part of the German Empire, 1887 |
Historical map of Hannover, Oldenburg, Braunschweig 1905 |
Historical map of the Thuringian states 1905 |
Historical map of Mecklenburg 1905 |
Historical map of Brandenburg 1905 |
Historical map of East- and Westprussia (Prussian Provinces) 1890 |
Historical map of Hesse-Nassau (Prussian Province) 1905 |
Historical map of Province of Pomerania 1905 |
Historical map of Posen 1905 |
Historical map of Rhenish Prussia 1905 |
Historical map of Saxony (Prussian Province) 1905 |
Historical map of Schleswig-Holstein as Prussian Province 1905 |
Historical map of Silesia as Prussian Province 1905 |
Historical map of Westphalia as Prussian Province 1905 |
Satellite maps
Notes and references
General remarks:
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