Maps on Geology

Geological maps show the types of rock present beneath the surface of the ground. Until the middle of the 19th century they were called geognostic maps.

The collection includes a selection of important geological maps of Bavaria. The earliest example is the "Gebürgskarte" (Mapp. XXIV,82b) by Mathias Flurl (1756-1823), the founder of Bavarian mineralogy and geology. It is attached to his main work "Beschreibung der Gebirge von Baiern und der oberen Pfalz" (Description of the Mountains of Bavaria and the Upper Palatinate) from 1792. The expansion of geological research in the first decades of the 19th century led to new map series. With the appointment of Karl Emil von Schafhäutl (1803-1890) as the first professor of geology, mining art and metallurgy at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich in 1843, geology experienced a further boom. The beginning of the official geological mapping of Bavaria is inseparably linked with Carl Wilhelm Gümbel (1823-1898), whose works can be found here.

• All "Maps of Geology" 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 Church and Religion
• 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

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