Maps concerning Church and Religion

The collection shows a selection of maps of the Bavarian dioceses. A map of the diocese of Bamberg (Mapp. 45, 6-15), which has been preserved in an atlas by Georg Braun and Abraham Hogenberg, published in Cologne in 1618, is worthy of special mention. Four maps of Swabia, Berchtesgaden, Regensburg and Franconia are taken from the Atlas Marianus by the Jesuit Heinrich Scherer (1628-1704) (4 Mapp. 100 i#12,13,14,16). He had studied mathematics, including geography, and worked as a princely educator in Mantua and Munich. The Atlas Marianus is part of the Atlas Novus, which comprises over 2,000 pages and the significance of which lies above all on the copper-plate maps and engravings. They mainly illustrate religious themes, which is why this work is one of the earliest prints with a considerable number of thematic maps. Also worth mentioning are maps representing the distribution of confessional denominations.

• All "maps concerning church and religion" available in bavarikon

The other part collections of "Maps and Plans from the holdings of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek" available in bavarikon

• Sets of Topographic Maps
• Topographic Maps
• Atlases
• Maps on Traffic and Travelling
• Military Maps
• Maps concerning History and Administration
• Hydrological Maps
• Maps of the Upper Palatinate
• Maps of Upper Franconia
• Maps of Central Franconia
• Maps of Lower Franconia
• Maps of Swabia
• Maps of Lower Bavaria
• Maps of Upper Bavaria
• Maps of the Palatinate
• Maps of Bavarian Cities
• Maps on Geology

>> This collection is part of the holdings of "Maps and Plan from the Holdings the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek" (Bavarian State Library).