OpenHistoricalMap/Projects/Lübeck
Project Description
This project aims to map the development of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck throughout history and provide a start for historical Research.
The hanseatic city of Lübeck has seen a lot of changes since its founding in 1143 by count Adolf II. von Schauenburg and Holstein between the Trave and Wakenitz rivers.
During the 12th through mid-17th centuries, Lübeck served as the birthplace of the Hanseatic League and emerged as a major commercial hub in the Baltic Sea region.
Anybody is welcome to contribute to the project no matter where you are from. Therefor this project is kept in english.
Project Goal
The goal of the Project is to map the following:
- Buildings of historical significance
- Evolution of street names and layouts over time
- Changes in administrative boundaries of the Free City of Lübeck
- Course of the rivers Trave and Wakenitz within city limits
- Historical railway networks in the city
- Expansion and removal of the cities fortifications
Resources
Feel free to add any sources you find to help others map and make it easier to verify our work. Please make sure they are in the public domain (CC0).
Maps
If you like to add some maps I recommend searching here:
Following Maps are used in the project or are planned to be used. Note not all maps georeferenced with Mapwarper are properly aligned.
Name | Author | Depicted Date | Depicts | Source | Georeferenced Versions | Public Domain? |
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WP Lübeck | Johan van Rijswijk | 1604 | fortifications | Wikimedia | ||
Plan der Stadt Lübeck | R. Ruthen | 1740? | fortifications | Library Berlin | ✔ | |
Grundriss von Lübeck | Johann Gottlieb Möhring (1735–1820) | 1787 | fortifications | Wikimedia | Mapwarper | |
Grundriss der Freien Stadt Lübeck | Heinrich Ludwig Behrens | 1824 | city center | Deutsche Fotothek | Mapwarper | ✔ |
Brauerwasserkunst | 1839 | pipes | Wikimedia | |||
Grundriss der Freien Stadt Lübeck | Heinrich Ludwig Behrens | 1840 | city center | Wikimedia | ||
Topographische Karte des Gebiets Lübecks | Heinrich Ludwig Behrens | 1843 | Lübeck | Deutsche Fotothek | ✔ | |
Plan von Lübeck | Spillhaus, L | 1847 | city center | Deutsche Fotothek | ✔ | |
Plan Lübeck | 1872 | city center | Wikimedia | Mapwarper | ✔ | |
Plan der Freien und Hansestadt Lübeck | 1909 | city center | Wikimedia | |||
Messtischblatt 2130 Lübeck | Preußische Katasterverwaltung | 1914[1] | Lübeck | Wikimedia | ||
Lübeck / Geologische Karte | P. Friedrich, C. Gagel | 1915 | Lübeck | GEO-LEO e-docs | GEO-LEO e-docs | ✔ |
A.M.S. M841 Sheet 2130 | Reichsamt fur Landesaufnahme | 1948? | Lübeck | BYU Library | ✔ |
Name | Author | Depicted Date | Source | Georeferenced Versions | Public Domain? |
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Plan de la baie de Lübeck | 1811 | Riksarkivet | |||
Charte von Moisling | 1816 | Wikimedia | |||
Plan Landgut Paddelügge | Ferdinand von Bültzingslöwen | 1832 | Wikimedia, Det Kgl. Bibliothek | ✔ | |
Vorwerker Friedhof | Erwin Barth | 1906 | Wikimedia | ||
Bahnhof Lageplan | LBE | 1908 | Wikimedia | ||
Garten Ed Jürgens | Erwin Barth | 1908 | Wikimedia | ||
Seegrenzschlachthof | Hans Pieper | 1928-10 | Wikimedia | ||
Holstentorplatz | Erwin Barth | 1930 | Wikimedia Architekturmuseum der TU Berlin | ✔ |
Mappers
Feel free to add yourself if you are interested.
See also
- Resources Germany – useful resources surrounding Germany
- Holy Roman Empire Project – for mapping boundaries
- Hamburg Project – a neighboring Project
Notes
- ↑ Shows the new main station therefore cannot be before 1908. Likely edited before release.