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Title: Germany State Capitals, 1848, German Historical GIS

Contributors:

Dates

  • Issued: 2007
  • Coverage: 1848

Publishers

  • HGIS Germany

Summary

The points represent the capitals of 37 states - or territorial entities - of the German Confederation (Deutscher Bund) which in 1848 were located within the (future) boundaries of the German Empire that would be founded in 1871. The polygons of this 'core Germany 1848' 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 (7.540038, 13.821367, 54.603428, 47.999977)
  • Geometry: BBOX (7.540038, 13.821367, 54.603428, 47.999977)

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, 1848, German Historical GIS. HGIS Germany. Point data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-ghgis1848statecapitals

Format

Shapefile