German military map series covering territories annexed to Germany between 1938 and 1942, Austria and northern Slovenia. Sheets were produced in 1944, likely a response to the advance of Red Army forces in Eastern Europe.
Title
Deutsche Karte 1:50 000 der Alpen- und Donau-Reichsgaue
Relief shown variously by hachures, contours, shading, and spot heights. At head of map: Deutsche Heereskarte. Nur für den Dienstgebrauch! Shows drainage, roads and trails, railways, vegetation, and other physical and cultural features. Includes source map note, political boundary diagram, index to adjoining sheets, grid note, extenisve legend with glossaries relating to Hungarian abbreviations and Hungarian pronunciation, and "Ballenbezeichnung" diagram summarizing information about scale, grids, edition, and series sheet numbering. Place names in German. Each sheet individually titled and numbered: Sheet 5355 Ost. Marburg an der Drau -- sheet 5535 West. Krainburg [with Ljubljana, identified on the map as Laibach]. Source maps: Most sheets are based on map data derived from Spezialkarte 1:75 000 sheets issued 1924-1939 by Kartographisches Institut in Wien. Some sheets are based on map data derived from Österreichische Karte 1:50.000 sheets produced in the 1930s by Kartographisches Institut in Wien and Austria's Bundesamt für Eich- und Vermessungswesen.The Spezialkarte numbering system has been retained. Two sheets (Ost and West) cover one Spezialkarte sheet. All sheets are updated with data from other sources, including cadastral maps and aerial photography. "Blattschnitt: Österr. geogr. Landessystem der Spezialkarte 1:75 000"--In left margin of majority of sheets. All sheets with military grid identified as Deutsches Heeresgitter in grid note and DHG in the Ballenbezeichnung diagram. "Gitter: Deutsches Heeresgitter"--In left margin. Some sheets overprinted with German Heeresmeldenetz grid identified as HMN (DHG) in Ballenbezeichnung diagram. Complements 2 other German military map series: Ungarn 1:50 000 (Eh 50) -- Karte des Nordwestbalkans 1:50 000.
Contents
sheet 5351 Ost. Arnoldstein sheet 4956 Ost. Aspang Markt sheet 5256 West. Bad Gleichenberg sheet 5253 Ost. Bad St. Leonhard im Lavanttal sheet 4756 Ost. Baden sheet 4757 Ost. Bruck an der Leitha sheet 4657 West. Deutsch Wagram sheet 5254 Ost. Deutschlandsberg sheet 5157 West. Eberau sheet 5453 Ost. Eisenkappel sheet 4857 West. Eisenstadt sheet 5156 West. Fürstenfeld sheet 4657 Ost. Gänserndorf sheet 5255 Ost. Gnas sheet 5156 Ost. Grosspetersdorf sheet 4556 Ost. Hadres sheet 4758 West. Hainburg an der Donau sheet 5056 West. Hartberg sheet 5256 Ost. Heiligenkreuz im Lafnitztal sheet 5351 West. Hermagor sheet 4855 Ost. Hohenberg sheet 5249 West. Hopfgarten im Defereggental sheet 5352 Ost. Klagenfurt sheet 5535 West. Krainburg sheet 5355 West. Leutschach sheet 4857 Ost. Mannersdorf am Leithageb. sheet 5355 Ost. Marburg an der Drau sheet 5353 West. Maria Saal sheet 4557 West. Mistelbach an der Zaya sheet 4756 West. Neulegbach sheet 4956 West. Neunkirchen in Niederdonau sheet 4858 West. Neusiedl am See sheet 5056 Ost. Oberwart sheet 4856 West. Puchberg am Schneeberg sheet 5252 West. Reichenau sheet 5356 West. Radkersburg sheet 4855 West. St. Aegyd am Neuwalde sheet 4755 Ost. St. Pölten sheet 5253 West. St. Veit an der Glan sheet 5349 West. Sillian sheet 4656 Ost. Stockerau sheet 5252 Ost. Strassburg in Kärnten sheet 4656 West. Tulln sheet 5453 West. Vellach sheet 5353 Ost. Völkermarkt sheet 5155 Ost. Weiz sheet 4757 West. Wien sheet 4856 Ost. Wiener Neustadt sheet 5250 West. Winklern sheet 5354 West. Wolfsberg sheet 5151 West. Zederhaus.
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