Germany's centre for cartographic holdings. It collects maps, atlases, views, and specialist literature from every country and in every language. Holdings as of September 01/2021: 1,200,000 map sheets (among [...] (among these are 30,000 manuscript maps) 250,000 digitised map sheets 2,900 CD-ROMs 36,000 atlases 155,000 views 38,000 books on cartography 800 globes On behalf of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [...] history of collection growth. Topographic maps of different scales and types from every country of the world are collected and listed in the separate database Topo-List . The department acquires literature on

(Australia, South America, Siberia). Thematic maps and atlases (broad selection) International map series, national atlases, and regional atlases containing complex thematic maps (complete selection) Broad [...] on the period 1800 to 1912. Publications and items which are collected: Maps and atlases Selection of all maps and atlases published between 1800 to 1912, within the framework of the Sammlung Deutscher Drucke [...] are interesting from the methodical point of view (collected on a very selective basis) General world atlases with a comprehensive index: selected in case of important changes or for methodical reasons Aerial

the department acquires, catalogues, and holds items from all countries and all parts of the world: Maps Atlases Globes Topographic views Cartographic literature Online resources StabiKat BETA Modern maps [...] Kartographie und Geobasisdaten Schmuckvolles im Kartenbestand Titelblatt aus Martino Martini: Novus Atlas Sinensis - Amsterdam: Blaeu, 1658 [Ausschnitt aus Signatur: 2° Kart. E 426] Frühe kartographische [...] Farblithographie Anfänge preußischer Landesaufnahme Previous Next 75 years after its division (the end of World War II was the turning point) and 30 years after German reunification, the map department was the

among them original hand drawings of the Prussian surveys Atlases, mainly from the 19th and 20th centuries All types of city maps from around the world Views and vedute until the middle of the 20th century