OpenHistoricalMap/Projects/Germany/Autobahn
This OpenHistoricalMap project aims for the historical coverage of the german Autobahn system as part of the german highway system.
Tagging
This section describes the standardization desired for this project. Listed below is a minimal set of tags. Additional tags can be added, as appropriate, but mappers should feel comfortable moving on if these have been included as a first pass.
Ways
| tag | notes | example |
|---|---|---|
name=*
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name, if it has one | Weser-Ems-Straße
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highway=construction
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for the time during which a road is either under construction or complete, but not yet open. | |
highway=motorway
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this should be true for most motorways | |
highway=trunk
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only use this for single-carriageway roads with an A designation or a dual carriageway without an A designation. | |
source=*
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the URL where you obtained the geometry | Bing Maps
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start_date=*
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start date in ISO 8601 YYYY-MM-DD format
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1999-12-311999-121999
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start_date:edtf=*
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used when the start date is uncertain; can also be used for times | 1999-12-31T13:44 |
start_date:source=*
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the URL where you obtained the start date | https://www.autobahn-online.de
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| tag | notes | example |
|---|---|---|
ref=*
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this is not used by any automated processing, rendering, or search.
route membership should be reflected in relation membership, not |
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int_ref=*
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this is not used by any automated processing, rendering, or search.
route membership should be reflected in relation membership, not |
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oneway=yes
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this is assumed on road segments tagged highway=motorway
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Relations
When should segments be added to an Autobahn route relation?
- Not until they have been designated as an Autobahn with
Key:ref. The current "Bundesautobahn" system only applies since 1975-01-01. - East German motorways between 1974 and 1990-10-02 with
Key:official_ref. All relations since 1990-10-03 follow the same criteria as West German ones.
When should relations be created?
- For each segment, for each time period. For example, A 1 (Schleswig-Holstein), A 20 (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern).
- You can then group each segment into a Bundesautobahn 1 relation or a Bundesautobahn 20. Short motorways which cross state lines only need this relation
- All route relations should be grouped into a chronology relation
| tag | notes | example |
|---|---|---|
type=route
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- | |
route=road
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- | |
network=DE:BAB
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for prior german Autobahn networks check the appropiate list | |
ref=*
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put the number of the Autobahn, with the "A" prefix; NOTE: previous internal numbering schemes can be tagged as official_ref=* with a seperate route relation
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wikidata=*
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use the data item Q-code for the article about the federal motorway | Q9018
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wikipedia=*
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de:<article name with spaces> | de:Bundesautobahn 7
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start_date=*
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Put the start date of the route in its valid form at this time | |
end_date=*
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Put the end date of the route in its valid form at this time | |
| members | Please sort your relation members so they represent a continuous line. Ideally the carriageway from exit 1 to exit x and then back |
Important dates
Here are some dates, where renumbering took place in the whole system
- 1971-07-01: Internal numbering scheme launched in West Germany
- 1974: Internal numbering scheme launched in East Germany
- 1975-01-01: New numbering scheme in West Germany launched. Numbers are displayed for users.
- 1990-10-03: German reunification. East Germany (and West Berlin!) adopts new numbering scheme.
- 1992-04-01: Only one number per motorway section is now allowed.
Phase 1: Bundesautobahn
Use this table to document the buildout of the Autobahn System as it replaced older roads and connected the country
A1 - A9
| Autobahn | State | Contributors | Status | Chronology relation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SH | (on OHM) |
completed | |||
| HH | (on OHM) |
completed | |||
| NI (HB) | (on OHM) |
completed | Bremen section included | ||
| NRW | (on OHM) |
completed | |||
| RLP | (on OHM) |
completed | |||
| SL | (on OHM) |
completed | |||
| NRW | (on OHM) |
completed | |||
| NI | completed | ||||
| ST | completed | ||||
| BB | completed | ||||
| NRW | completed | ||||
| RLP | completed | ||||
| HE | completed | ||||
| BY (BW) | completed | Baden-Würtemberg section included | |||
| NRW | completed | ||||
| HE | completed | ||||
| TH | completed | ||||
| SN | completed | ||||
| HE | completed | ||||
| BW | completed | ||||
| SL | completed | ||||
| RLP | completed | ||||
| BW | (on OHM) |
completed | |||
| BY | (on OHM) |
completed | |||
| SH | (on OHM) |
completed | |||
| HH | (on OHM) |
completed | |||
| NI | (on OHM) |
completed | |||
| HE | (on OHM) |
completed | |||
| BY (I) | (on OHM) |
completed | Section between Hessen and Baden-Würtemberg near Exit 112 | ||
| BW | (on OHM) |
completed | |||
| BY (II) | (on OHM) |
completed | Section between Baden-Würtemberg near Exit 120 and Austria | ||
| SL | completed | ||||
| RLP | completed | ||||
| BW | (on OHM) |
completed | |||
| BY | (on OHM) |
completed | |||
| BB | (on OHM) |
completed | |||
| ST (SN) | (on OHM) |
completed | Sachsen section included | ||
| TH | (on OHM) |
completed | |||
| BY | (on OHM) |
completed |
A10 - A19
| Autobahn | State | Contributors | Status | Chronology relation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BB (BE) | (on OHM) |
completed | Berlin section included | ||
| BB | (on OHM) |
completed | |||
| BB | completed | ||||
| BB | (on OHM) |
completed | |||
| SN | (on OHM) |
completed | |||
| MV | (on OHM) |
completed | includes former A241 | ||
| BB | (on OHM) |
completed | |||
| ST | (on OHM) |
completed | |||
| SN | (on OHM) |
completed | |||
| BB | (on OHM) |
completed | |||
| SN | completed | ||||
| MV (BB) | (on OHM) |
completed | Brandenburg section included |
A20 - A29
A30 - A39
| Autobahn | State | Contributors | Status | Chronology relation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Error creating thumbnail: | NI/NRW | (on OHM) |
completed | sections united due to the route changing States often | |
| Error creating thumbnail: | NI | (on OHM) |
completed | ||
| NRW | completed | ||||
| Error creating thumbnail: | NRW (NI) | (on OHM) |
completed | Niedersachsen section included | |
| Error creating thumbnail: | NI | (on OHM) |
completed | includes former A395 | |
| ST | (on OHM) |
completed | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | NI | completed | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | TH (NI) | (on OHM) |
completed | includes Niedersachsen section | |
| ST (SN) | (on OHM) |
completed | includes Sachsen section | ||
| Error creating thumbnail: | NI | some section missing | includes former A250 |
A40 - A49
| Autobahn | State | Contributors | Status | Chronology relation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Error creating thumbnail: | NRW | incomplete | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | NRW | incomplete | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | NRW | incomplete | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | NRW | incomplete | |||
| HE | incomplete | ||||
| Error creating thumbnail: | NRW | access roads to the Rahmedetalbrücke missing | |||
| HE | incomplete | ||||
| Error creating thumbnail: | NRW | incomplete | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | RLP | (on OHM) |
completed | ||
| Error creating thumbnail: | HE | incomplete |
A50 - A59
| Autobahn | State | Contributors | Status | Chronology relation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Error creating thumbnail: | NRW | incomplete | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | NRW | incomplete | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | NRW | incomplete |
A60 - A69
| Autobahn | State | Contributors | Status | Chronology relation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Error creating thumbnail: | RLP | route relation missing | western section | ||
| HE (RLP) | incomplete | eastern section | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | NRW | route relation missing | |||
| RLP (BW) | incomplete | includes Baden-Würtemberg section | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | RLP | incomplete | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | RLP | incomplete | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | RLP | completed | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | RLP | (on OHM) |
completed | extention of A64 without motorway standards | |
| Error creating thumbnail: | RLP | incomplete | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | HE | incomplete | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | HE | incomplete |
A70 - A79
| Autobahn | State | Contributors | Status | Chronology relation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Error creating thumbnail: | BY | incomplete | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | TH (ST) | route relation missing | includes Sachsen-Anhalt section | ||
| BY | route relation missing | ||||
| Error creating thumbnail: | SN (BY) | (on OHM) |
completed | includes Bayern section | |
| Error creating thumbnail: | TH | route relation missing | |||
| BY | incomplete |
A80 - A89
| Autobahn | State | Contributors | Status | Chronology relation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Error creating thumbnail: | BW (BY) | incomplete | includes Bayern section |
A90 - A99
| Autobahn | State | Contributors | Status | Chronology relation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Error creating thumbnail: | BY | incomplete | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | BY | incomplete | two seperate sections | ||
| Error creating thumbnail: | BY | incomplete | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | BY | route relation missing | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | BW (BY) | incomplete | includes small Bayern section at the Austrian border | ||
| BY | incomplete | ||||
| Error creating thumbnail: | BW | incomplete | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | BY | route relation missing | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | BY | route relation missing | tag with ref=A 99a and official_ref=A 99
|
A100 - A199
A200 - A299
A300 - A399
| Autobahn | State | Contributors | Status | Chronology relation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Error creating thumbnail: | NI | route relation missing | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | NI | completed | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | NI | complete | former motorway | ||
| Error creating thumbnail: | NI | incomplete | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | NI | incomplete | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | NI | incomplete | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | NI | (on OHM) |
completed | former motorway |
A400 - A499
| Autobahn | State | Contributors | Status | Chronology relation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Error creating thumbnail: | NRW | incomplete | former motorway | ||
| Error creating thumbnail: | NRW | incomplete | former motorway | ||
| Error creating thumbnail: | NRW | incomplete | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | NRW | route relation missing | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | NE | (on OHM) |
completed | ||
| Error creating thumbnail: | NE | incomplete |
A500 - A599
| Autobahn | State | Contributors | Status | Chronology relation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Error creating thumbnail: | NRW | route relation missing | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | NRW | incomplete | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | NRW | incomplete | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | NRW | incomplete | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | NRW | incomplete | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | NRW | route relation missing | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | NRW | route relation missing | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | NRW | route relation missing | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | NRW | route relation missing | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | NRW | route relation missing | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | NRW | route relation missing | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | NRW | route relation missing | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | NRW | incomplete | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | NRW | incomplete |
A600 - A699
| Autobahn | State | Contributors | Status | Chronology relation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Error creating thumbnail: | RLP | incomplete | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | SL | route relation missing | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | SL | route relation missing | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | HE/RLP | incomplete | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | HE | incomplete | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | RLP | incomplete | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | BW | route relation missing | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | HE | incomplete | |||
| Error creating thumbnail: | HE | incomplete | |||
| HE/RLP | route relation missing | ||||
| HE | incomplete | ||||
| HE | incomplete | former motorway | |||
| HE | incomplete | former motorway |
A700 - A799
| Autobahn | State | Contributors | Status | Chronology relation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY | (on OHM) |
completed | former motorway |
A800 - A899
| Autobahn | State | Contributors | Status | Chronology relation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BW | route relation missing | ||||
| BW | incomplete | former motorway | |||
| BW | incomplete | ||||
| BW | incomplete | former motorway | |||
| BW | incomplete |
A900 - A999
| Autobahn | State | Contributors | Status | Chronology relation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BY | route relation missing | ||||
| BY | incomplete | ||||
| BY | route relation missing |
Phase 2: Internal numbering in East Germany
Use this table to document route relations on the former GDR. Progress of road mapping should be documented on the section above. For the network key use network=DD:A
| Autobahn | Chronology relation | Current Motorway | Route description | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | Berlin ringway | |||
| A2 | Berlin - Szczecin | |||
| A3 | Berlin - Frankfurt (Oder) | |||
| A4 | Berlin - Dreieck Dresden-Nord | |||
| A5 | Dreieck Spreewald - Forst | Single carriageway | ||
| A6 | Dreieck Dresden-Nord - Görlitz | Only completed up to Bautzen | ||
| A7 | Dreieck Dresden-Nord - Eisenach | |||
| A8 | Error creating thumbnail: | Hof - Karl-Marx-Stadt (Chemmnitz) | Single carriageway | |
| A9 | Berlin - Hof | |||
| A10 | Halle - Dresden | |||
| A11 | Berlin - Helmstedt - (Hannover) | |||
| A12 | Error creating thumbnail: | Dreieck Nuthetal - AVUS | ||
| A13 | Error creating thumbnail: Error creating thumbnail: | Treptow - Schönefelder Kreuz | ||
| A14 | Error creating thumbnail: | Dreieck Pankow - Pankow | ||
| A15 | Berlin - Rostock | |||
| A16 | Dreieck Wittstock - Zarrentin - (Hamburg) | |||
| A17 | Error creating thumbnail: | Kreuz Oranienburg - Henningsdorf | ||
| A18 | Kreuz Schwerin - Schwerin | Single Carriageway |
Phase 3: Internal numbering in West Germany
Use this table to document route relations in West Germany prior to the Bundesautobahn system. Progress of road mapping should be documented on the section above. For the network key use network=DE:A
Only motorways shown, that are present today. Route description only covers maximum extent based on current motorway network. Other routes and numbers that were cancelled are not shown. Some routes might not have opened before 1975. The internal numbers are given by following source: Bauleistungen auf Bundesfernstraßen im Jahre 1972
A1 - A24
| Autobahn | Chronology relation | Current Motorway | Route description | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 | Hamburg - Berlin (+ Westtangente Berlin) | not including part in East Germany | ||
| A2 | AK Köln-Heumar - Oberhausen - Berlin | not including part in East Germany | ||
| A3 | Berlin - München | not including part in East Germany | ||
| A10 | Flensburg - Hamburg - Mannheim - Heidelberg - Basel | |||
| A11 | Neustadt in Holstein - Lübeck - Hamburg - AK Köln-Nord | |||
| A12 | Error creating thumbnail: | Cuxhaven - Bremen - AD Walsrode | ||
| A13 | Error creating thumbnail: | AK Dortmund-Nordwest - AD Selingenstädt | ||
| A14 | Goch - Köln - Mannheim - AS Schifferstadt | |||
| A15 | Aachen-Lichtenbusch - Köln - Frankfurt - Passau | |||
| A16 | Error creating thumbnail: | AK Dortmund/Unna - AD Kassel-Süd | ||
| A20 | Saarbrücken - Mannheim - Nürnberg - Waidhaus | |||
| A21 | Karlsruhe - München - Salzburg | |||
| A22 | Error creating thumbnail: Error creating thumbnail: | Weil am Rhein - Rheinfelden - ... - Gottmadingen - Stockach - ... - Waltenhofen - AD Allgäu - ... - Garmisch-Partenkirchen - München | ||
| A23 | Eisenach - AD Kirchheim - AS Würzburg-Estenfeld - ... - AD Würzburg-West - AD Leonberg - ... - AS Gärtringen - Konstanz | not including part in East Germany | ||
| A24 | AS Würzburg-Estenfeld - AK Memmingen - Lindau (Bodensee) |
A25 - A99
| Autobahn | Chronology relation | Current Motorway | Route description | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A47 | Error creating thumbnail: | Winterspelt - AK Wittlich | ||
| A52 | Error creating thumbnail: | AD Funkturm - Wannsee | ||
| A53 | Error creating thumbnail: | Berliner Innenring | ||
| A54 | (Error creating thumbnail: ) | Schmargendorf - Breitenbachplatz | Error creating thumbnail: is now a branch of Error creating thumbnail: | |
| A55 | (Error creating thumbnail: ) | AS Gradestraße | Error creating thumbnail: is now a branch of Error creating thumbnail: | |
| A60 | Error creating thumbnail: | AD Bordesholm - Kiel | ||
| A61 | Error creating thumbnail: | AD Hamburg-Norderelbe - Hamburg | ||
| A62 | Error creating thumbnail: | AD Hannover-Nord - AD Hannover-West | ||
| A64 | Error creating thumbnail: | Bad Bentheim - Bad Oeynhausen | ||
| A70 | Elten - Oberhausen | |||
| A71 | Heerlen - AK Aachen | |||
| A72 | Error creating thumbnail: | Köln - Bonn | ||
| A73 | Köln - Siegen | |||
| A74 | Luxemburg - Montabaur | |||
| A76 | Trier - Pirmasens | |||
| A77 | Error creating thumbnail: | Recklinghausen - Wuppertal | ||
| A78 | Error creating thumbnail: | Kamp-Lintfort - Dortmund | ||
| A80 | Error creating thumbnail: Error creating thumbnail: Error creating thumbnail: | AD Nahetal - AK Schierstein - Frankfurt-Miquelallee - ... - Frankfurt-Ost - Fulda | ||
| A81 | AD Mönchhof - Heidelberg | |||
| A82 | Error creating thumbnail: | Mannheim - Heidelberg | ||
| A83 | Error creating thumbnail: | AS Schifferstadt - AD Hockenheim | ||
| A85 | AK Memmingen - Füssen | |||
| A87 | Error creating thumbnail: | Rosenheim - Kufstein | ||
| A88 | Error creating thumbnail: | AS Weiden-Nord - AD Holledau | ||
| A90 | Error creating thumbnail: | AD Hof - Chemmnitz | not including part in East Germany | |
| A91 | Error creating thumbnail: | Oberursel - Darmstadt | ||
| A92 | Error creating thumbnail: |
Wiesbaden - Rüsselsheim | ||
| A99 | Error creating thumbnail: | Münchener Ring |
A100 - A221
| Autobahn | Chronology relation | Current Motorway | Route description | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A103 | Error creating thumbnail: | AD Hamburg-Südwest - AD Buchholz | ||
| A107 | Error creating thumbnail: | Wilhelmshaven - AD Ahlhorner Heide | ||
| A110 | AK Bliesheim - AD Vulkaneifel | |||
| A113 | Error creating thumbnail: | Enden - Bottrop | ||
| A120 | Error creating thumbnail: | München - Deggendorf | ||
| A140 | Error creating thumbnail: | Düsseldorf - Dortmund | ||
| A170 | Schengen - Pirmasens | |||
| A171 | Nonnweiler - Saarbrücken | |||
| A183 | Error creating thumbnail: | Mannheim - Weinheim | ||
| A221 | Error creating thumbnail: | Bonn - Meckenheim |
Phase 4: Internal numbering of Reichsautobahnen I
Use this table to document route relations of the German Reichsautobahn systen since 1941-01-01. Progress of road mapping should be documented on the section above. For the network key use network=DE:RAB
Work in progress...
Phase 5: Internal numbering of Reichsautobahnen II
Use this table to document route relations of the German Reichsautobahn systen before 1941-01-01. Progress of road mapping should be documented on the section above. For the network key use network=DE:RAB
Work in progress...