Title: Administrative District Boundaries, Germany, 1890s
- Polygon data
- 2012
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Harvard)
Dates
- Issued: 2012
- Coverage: 1890
Publishers
- Harvard Geospatial Library
Summary
Administrative district boundary polygons for the German Empire as they existed in the 1890s. Source map was specifically drawn in 1894 and 1895. The specific nomenclature of the administrative units are state-dependent: kreise in Prussia, Baden, and other states; Amtshauptmannschaften in Saxony, Oberamter in Wurttemberg, etc. In addition to identifying the administrative boundary, the map provides additional information on the state, province, and other geopolitical structures to which the administrative unit belonged.Boundary data digitized from the source maps: Vogel, C. Karte Des Deutschen Reichs Im Massstab 1:500000. Gotha: J. Perthes, [c. 1907].
Subjects
- Boundaries
- Germany
- Administrative and political divisions
- administrative districts
- historic
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (4.489494, 23.162756, 56.001963, 47.039759)
- Geometry: BBOX (4.489494, 23.162756, 56.001963, 47.039759)
Provider
Harvard
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Kashin, Konstantin, Ziblatt, Daniel, 1972-. Administrative District Boundaries, Germany, 1890s. Harvard Geospatial Library. Polygon data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-germany-admin-1890
Format
Shapefile