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WIG 1:25 000 Maps
eWIG_25KA yearly report in "Wiadomosci Sluzby
Geograficznej" on the work in progress by WIG says that, until the end
of 1938, the Cartographic Department of WIG published 1260 sheets of a "detailed map" type (1:25 000).
"A report on the progress of work by the Wojskowy Instytut
Geograficzny, dated 24.11.1938" (Archiwum Sluzby Topograficznej)
specifies, that until that date, 1274 sheets had been published and
additional 838 sheets partly drawn, i.e. situational sketches had been
made, yet without relief and toponymic elements. Germans stock-take
[after the defeat of Poland in 1939] states, that by 01/09/1939 [i.e.
beginning of WW2], Wojskowy Instytut Geograficzny had published 1427
sheets of the "normal" type and 306 sheets of the "provisional" type,
in total 1733 sheets. However, German stock-taking includes, as
provisional edition, both sheets of "normal" and "provisional" type as
well as copies of earlier maps (source: Planheft Osteuropa ehemals
Polnischer Raum, 26/07/1944).
My research has covered 1592 sheets, of which 1064 sheets are those
mentioned in the abovementioned report, 151 sheets are dated 1939, 155
sheets are copies of earlier maps published in 1932 - 1939;I have been
unable to verify the source of 222 sheets published by the Germans
during WW2. Drawing style, topographic symbols, Polish toponymy and
sheet size, etc, suggest that they were copies of Polish maps, however,
they could well have been maps published by the Germans from
topographic materials [Polish, captured after 1939]. When, in 1975, I
inspected topographic map collections held by the Military Cartographic
Archive (Hadtortenelmi Intezet Terkeptar) in Budapest, Hungary, I
discovered 12 sheets of the 1:25 000 map published by WIG in 1939 of
which existence, until that time, I had not been aware; they were the
originals later copied by Germans. I have no doubts that many more
similar examples will be uncovered in Polish cartographic collections
in the future."
[B. Krassowski, M. Tomaszewska, MAPY TOPOGRAFICZNE ZIEM POLSKICH
1871
- 1945. Vol I, Warszawa 1979.]
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Hello: I do Polish Genealogy. I need a topo map of Poland with major cities which I’ve never been able to find on the WEB. It should show post partition Poland with an out line of pre-partition Pola
Hi:
Are there any other maps showing parishes such as:
Andrzej Tomczak
Siec parafialna
Wojewoddztwa pomorskiego
Okregu bytowskiego I leborskiego
W drugiej polowie xvi wieku
Skala 1:300.
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