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Title: Germany State Capitals, 1871, German Historical GIS

Contributors:

Dates

  • Issued: 2007
  • Coverage: 1871

Publishers

  • HGIS Germany

Summary

The points represent the capitals of 27 federated states which in 1871 were located within the boundaries of the newly founded German Empire. The polygons of the German Empire in 1871 are available in a separate data set on this server.

Subjects

  • Location
  • Germany
  • German Confederation
  • Central Europe
  • Political Divisions
  • sovereign states
  • Capitals (Cities)
  • German states
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (6.902223, 13.821367, 53.932011, 47.959906)
  • Geometry: BBOX (6.902223, 13.821367, 53.932011, 47.959906)

Provider

Harvard

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

HGIS Germany (Andreas Kunz, Leonhard Dietze), IEG-Maps / Berlin Data Pool (Andreas Kunz, Robert Moeschl), Institut fur Europaische Geschichte (Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany), Fachhochschule Mainz (Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany). Germany State Capitals, 1871, German Historical GIS. HGIS Germany. Point data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-ghgis1871statecapitals

Format

Shapefile