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  1. Title: Germany Governmental District Capitals, 1826, German Historical GIS

    • 2007
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    Summary: The points represent the capitals of governmental districts in the larger German territorial states. In many cases, the name of the capital was used as the name of the district as well. The polygons of Germany in 1826 are available in a separate data sets on this server.

  2. Title: Germany Provincial Capitals, 1834, German Historical GIS

    • 2007
    Contributors:

    Summary: The points represent the capitals of 8 provinces located in the Kingdom of Prussia in 1834, which as a state was then a member of the German Confederation (Deutscher Bund). The five eastern provinces (and their capitals) were formally not part of the German Confederation, although part of Germany as a political core region. The polygons and state capitals of 'core Germany 1820' are available as separate data sets on this server.

  3. Title: Germany : German Confederation Boundary Lines, 1853, German Historical GIS

    • 2007
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    Summary: These lines represent the boundary of the German Confederation (Deutscher Bund) in 1853. The confederation boundary extends beyond 'core Germany' and includes portions of the Habsburg Empire and Luxembourg. Missing segments indicate bodies water (Lake Constance) in which boundaries were not fixed at the time or which did not connect to 'core Germany' (Adriatic Sea). The boundary in the east has moved westward again to exclude the eastern provinces of Prussia.

  4. Title: Germany State Capitals, 1848, German Historical GIS

    • 2007
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    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.

  5. Title: Germany Provincial Capitals, 1826, German Historical GIS

    • 2007
    Contributors:

    Summary: The points represent the capitals of 9 provinces located in the Kingdom of Prussia in 1826, which as a state was then a member of the German Confederation (Deutscher Bund). The five eastern provinces (and their capitals) were formally not part of the German Confederation, although part of Germany as a political core region. The polygons and state capitals of 'core Germany 1826' are available as separate data sets on this server.

  6. Title: Germany Provincial Capitals, 1848, German Historical GIS

    • 2007
    Contributors:

    Summary: The points represent the capitals of 11 provinces located in the Kingdom of Prussia and in the Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt in 1848, which were then members of the German Confederation (Deutscher Bund). The polygons and state capitals of 'core Germany 1820' are available as separate data sets on this server.

  7. Title: Germany Provincial Capitals, 1850, German Historical GIS

    • 2007
    Contributors:

    Summary: The points represent the capitals of 11 provinces located in the Kingdom of Prussia and in the Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt in 1850, which were then members of the German Confederation (Deutscher Bund). The polygons and state capitals of 'core Germany 1820' are available as separate data sets on this server.

  8. Title: Germany Governmental District Capitals, 1890, German Historical GIS

    • 2007
    Contributors:

    Summary: The points represent the capitals of governmental districts in the larger German territorial states. In many cases, the name of the capital was used as the name of the district as well. The polygons of Germany in 1890 are available in a separate data sets on this server.

  9. Title: Germany State Capitals, 1871, German Historical GIS

    • 2007
    Contributors:

    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.

  10. Title: Germany : German Confederation Boundary Lines, 1830, German Historical GIS

    • 2007
    Contributors:

    Summary: These lines represent the boundary of the German Confederation (Deutscher Bund) in 1830. The confederation boundary extends beyond 'core Germany' and includes portions of the Habsburg Empire and Luxembourg. Missing segments indicate bodies water (Lake Constance) in which boundaries were not fixed at the time or which did not connect to 'core Germany' (Adriatic Sea).

  11. Title: Germany Governmental District Capitals, 1853, German Historical GIS

    • 2007
    Contributors:

    Summary: The points represent the capitals of governmental districts in the larger German territorial states. In many cases, the name of the capital was used as the name of the district as well. The polygons of Germany in 1853 are available in a separate data sets on this server.

  12. Title: Germany Provincial Boundaries, 1850, German Historical GIS

    • 2007
    Contributors:

    Summary: These polygons represent 11 provinces existing in the sovereign states of the German Confederation (the Deutscher Bund) in 1850, which were located within the (future) boundaries of the German Empire that would be founded in 1871 ('core Germany'). There are no changes compared to 1848, when three new provinces had been introduced as administrative units within the state of Hesse-Darmstadt, so the layer still represents the two states of Prussia and Hesse-Darmstadt.

  13. Title: Germany Governmental District Capitals, 1820, German Historical GIS

    • 2007
    Contributors:

    Summary: The points represent the capitals of governmental districts in the larger German territorial states. In many cases, the name of the capital was used as the name of the district as well. The polygons and state capitals of 'core Germany 1820' are available in a separate data sets on this server.

  14. Title: Germany State Capitals, 1853, German Historical GIS

    • 2007
    Contributors:

    Summary: The points represent the capitals of 34 states - or territorial entities - of the German Confederation (Deutscher Bund) which in 1853 were located within the (future) boundaries of the German Empire that would be founded in 1871. The polygons of this 'core Germany 1853' are available in a separate data set on this server.

  15. Title: Germany Provincial Capitals, 1853, German Historical GIS

    • 2007
    Contributors:

    Summary: The points represent the capitals of 9 provinces located in the Kingdom of Prussia in 1850, which was then a member of the German Confederation (Deutscher Bund). The polygons and state capitals of 'core Germany 1820' are available as separate data sets on this server.

  16. Title: Germany Provincial Capitals, 1890, German Historical GIS

    • 2007
    Contributors:

    Summary: The points represent the capitals of 14 provinces, all located in the Kingdom of Prussia which in 1871 had been a driving force in founding of the German Empire. The polygons and state capitals of the German Empire are available as separate data sets on this server.

  17. Title: Germany Governmental District Capitals, 1830, German Historical GIS

    • 2007
    Contributors:

    Summary: The points represent the capitals of governmental districts in the larger German territorial states. In many cases, the name of the capital was used as the name of the district as well. The polygons of Germany in 1830 are available in a separate data sets on this server.

  18. Title: Germany Provincial Boundaries, 1830, German Historical GIS

    • 2007
    Contributors:

    Summary: These polygons represent 8 provinces existing in the sovereign states of the German Confederation (the Deutscher Bund) in 1826, which were located within the (future) boundaries of the German Empire that would be founded in 1871 ('core Germany'). Since in 1830 only Prussia used provinces as administrative units, the provincial dataset as a layer likewise represents the territorial extension of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1820. Compared to 1826, the two most eastern located provinces of Westpreussen and Ostpreussen and have merged to now represent the province of Preussen.

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