Atlas of states of Germany
- Also see: Atlas of Germany.
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General maps
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Map of Germany Karte Deutschlands |
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Map of Germany in German Karte Deutschlands |
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Map of Germany
Karte Deutschlands
Maps of divisions
This section holds maps of the administrative 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
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1618-1701: Brandenburg-Prussia (Brandenburg-Preussen) - monarchy most of the time partly inside the Holy Roman Empire c.q. successor states |
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1701-1871: Kingdom of Prussia (Königreich Preussen) - monarchy most of the time partly inside the Holy Roman Empire c.q. successor states |
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Growth of Prussia 1600-1795 |
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Growth of Prussia 1807-1871 |
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The ten provinces of the Kingdom of Prussia, at the time of the formation of the German Confederation (1815) |
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Prussia at the time of the formation of the German Empire (1871) |
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Prussia 1871-1919 |
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The Free State of Prussia at the time of the Weimar Republic (1919) |
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The provincial divisions of the Free State of Prussia (early 1920) |
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East Prussia 1923-1939 |
East Prussia 1939 |
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Pomerania |
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Silesia |
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Memel Territory (now in Lithuania) |
Baden
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1867-1871: Grand Duchy of Baden (Grossherzogtum Baden) - independent monarchy |
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Hesse-Darmstadt |
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Anhalt |
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Hesse-Darmstadt 1930 |
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Map of the Hessian countries around 1900 |
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Saxony Duchies in Thuringia |
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Saxony 1930 |
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Free City of Lübeck |
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Kingdom of Hannover in the German Confederation |
Saar
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1920-1935: Territory of the Saar Basin (Territoire du Bassin de la Sarre/Saarbeckengebiet) - territory under French League of Nations mandate |
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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
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1949-1990: German Democratic Republic (Deutsche Demokratische Republik) - independent people's republic, satellite state of the USSR |
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In 1949 the German Democratic Republic was proclaimed in the Soviet zone of Germany. |
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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 |
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Historical map of the German Empire |
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Prussia (political map before 1905) |
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Kingdom of Saxony 1895 |
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Kingdom of Saxony 1905 |
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Baden and Rhenish Bavaria 1905 |
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Württemberg and Hohenzollern |
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Kingdom of Württemberg 1905 |
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Historical map of Alsace-Lorraine (Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen) 1905 |
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Alsace-Lorraine 1905, area of the territory highlighted |
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High-resolution map (7,473 × 7,773) of Alsace-Lorraine as part of the German Empire, 1887 |
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Historical map of Hannover, Oldenburg, Braunschweig 1905 |
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Historical map of the Thuringian states 1905 |
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Historical map of Mecklenburg 1905 |
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Historical map of Brandenburg 1905 |
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Historical map of East- and Westprussia (Prussian Provinces) 1890 |
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Historical map of Hesse-Nassau (Prussian Province) 1905 |
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Historical map of Province of Pomerania 1905 |
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Historical map of Posen 1905 |
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Historical map of Rhenish Prussia 1905 |
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Historical map of Saxony (Prussian Province) 1905 |
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Historical map of Schleswig-Holstein as Prussian Province 1905 |
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Historical map of Silesia as Prussian Province 1905 |
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Historical map of Westphalia as Prussian Province 1905 |
Satellite maps
Notes and references
General remarks:
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