Maps of Upper Bavaria

The region of today's Upper Bavaria was first printed on the map "Obern und Nidern Bairn" (Upper and Lower Bavaria) by Johannes Aventin in 1523. This makes it one of the oldest territories to have been surveyed individually. Since the survey by Philipp Apian (Bayerische Landtaflen/Bavarian Maps) in the middle of the sixteenth century, the region has been in the focus of diverse land surveys. Individual areas were mapped again at the beginning of the eighteenth century. They can be found in the atlases by Bodenehr on the environs of Ingolstadt, Munich, Landsberg, Donauwörth, Neuburg on the Danube and Landau. The atlases of Homann and Reilly contain individual maps. Only the maps from the Reise-Atlas by Adrian von Riedl, published between 1798 and 1805, cover the area almost completely. The production of the Topographischer Atlas vom Königreiche Baiern (Topographic Atlas of the Kingdom of Bavaria) 1:50 000 began with the sheets of Munich and Wolfratshausen, which were published in 1812. Numerous maps of individual districts, of the Bavarian Highlands and of the administrative district of Upper Bavaria were based on official surveys. The "Administrativ-Karte des Regierungsbezirks Oberbayern" (Administrative Map of the Governmental District of Upper Bavaria), prepared by Marcus Surrer in 1885 on the basis of official sources, deserves special mention.

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