German military map series covering Spain. Most sheets were issued 1940-1941, likely because German military planners envisoned Spanish involvement in World War II during those years.
Title
Spanien 1:50 000
Variant Title
Deutsche Heereskarte Spanien 1:50 000
Published
[Berlin], Gen St d H Abt f Kr Kart u Verm W, 1940-1944.
Full Collection Name
WWII Captured German Military Maps
Other Identifiers
G6560 s50.G4
Scale
Scale 1:50,000. 2 cm der Karte = 1 km der Natur
Coordinates
(W 9°25ʹ00ʺ--E 4°20ʹ00ʺ/N 43°50ʹ00ʺ--N 36°00ʹ00ʺ).
Type
Map
Extent
maps
Other Physical Details
chiefly color
Dimensions
40 x 58 cm, on sheets 60 x 80 cm, or smaller
Language
Legend in German and Spanish; a few sheets with legend in German and French.
Archive
Earth Sciences & Map Library
Note
Relief shown variously by contours, shading, hachures, and spot heights. Depths shown by isolines on some sheets.
Includes 2 issues of many sheets. First Sonderausgabe sheets were issued 1940-1944, second Sonderausgabe sheets were chiefly issued 1941.
Second Sonderausgabe sheets include grid note and are overprinted with the Spanish Lambert grid.
Source maps: Mapa topográfico de España en escala de 1:50,000 issued by the Direccion general del Instituto Geográfico Catastral y de Estad́ıstica.
Includes source map note, political boundary diagram, index to adjoining sheets, and extenisve legend.
Each sheet individually titled and numbered: Blatt Nr. 12. Busto -- Blatt Nr. 87. Ochandiano.
Shows drainage, roads and trails, railways, vegetation, and other physical and cultural features.
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