Administrative District Boundaries, Germany, 1890s

Description:

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].

Creator:

Kashin, Konstantin and Ziblatt, Daniel, 1972-

Publisher:

Harvard Geospatial Library

Provider:

Harvard

Resource Class:

Datasets

Resource Type:

Polygon data

Subject:

Administrative and political divisions, Boundaries, boundaries, administrative districts, and historic

Temporal Coverage:

1890-1900

Date Issued:

2012

Spatial Coverage:

Germany

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

Shapefile