Germany State Boundaries, 1853, German Historical GIS

Description:

In 1853 the territories of Anhalt-Dessau and Anhalt-Kothen are joined under Dessau-rule to become the Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau-Kothen. The eastern boundary of the German Confederation was moved back to the pre-1848 (i.e., 1834) position. [changes as compared to 1850]. - For the overall picture, see the description for 1820.

Creator:

HGIS Germany (Andreas Kunz, Leonhard Dietze), IEG-Maps / Berlin Data Pool (Andreas Kunz, Robert Moeschl), Institut fur Europaische Geschichte (Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany), and Fachhochschule Mainz (Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)

Publisher:

HGIS Germany

Provider:

Harvard

Resource Class:

Datasets

Resource Type:

Polygon data

Subject:

Political Divisions, sovereign states, boundaries, Boundaries, Administrative and political divisions, German states, and Population Statistics

Temporal Coverage:

1853

Date Issued:

2007

Spatial Coverage:

Germany, German Confederation, Central Europe, Germany, Poland, Kaliningrad Oblast, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, and Lithuania

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

Shapefile