bavarikon4URiedl, Adrian von: Reise-Atlas
The Reise-Atlas (travel atlas) by Adrian von Riedl (1746-1809) was created between 1796 and 1805. Sixty-six maps show all Bavarian main and country roads with the neighbouring towns and regions. Descriptive texts were added to the maps to provide the traveller with information on potential special sights on and near the marked roads. The maps are dedicated to Joseph August Count von Toerring (1753-1826). The maps are copper plate prints made on a scale of approx. 1:90,000.
Adrian von Riedl (1746-1809) came from a family of cartographers who had a decisive influence on construction and surveying in Bavaria for over 75 years. Due to his skills as cartographer, scholars of the the Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Bavarian Academy of Sciences) in Munich became aware of the young Adrian Riedl. As early as 1766, Riedl was appointed "electoral land surveyor" after examination by the academy and was commissioned with the documentation of the Bavarian road network in 1769. On 31 March 1790, Riedl was raised to the imperial nobility. At that time, he was kurfürstlich pfalzbayerischer Hofkammerrat (councillor of the Electoral Palatine-Bavarian Court Chamber), engineer-captain and, since 1790, also director of the Road and Hydraulic Engineering Administration. Riedl was the author and editor of about 400 hand-drawn maps and plans. The River Atlas produced by Riedl is also exhibited on bavarikon.
>> This multi-part work is part of the collection "Maps on Traffic and Travelling" of the "Maps and Plans from the Holdings of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek" (Bavarian State Library).