OpenHistoricalMap/Projects/Denmark
Administrative divisions
See also Denmark/Da:Administrative_boundaries.
Country/Kingdom/Realm
Denmark (proper) vs Kingdom of Denmark
OSM currently has Kingdom of Denmark (9112011
9112011) as a boundary relation that contains Denmark (proper), Faroe Islands and Greenland. This is a boundary=administrative without and admin_level=* tag. The only equivalent in OHM is currently Danish Realm (
2849655 ) (1944-). This should be extended further back in time and included in a chronology for Kingdom of Denmark. The WikiData entry for Kingdom of Denmark/Danish Realm is wikidata:Q756617.
The OSM relation for Denmark (proper) is 50046 50046. This is a boundary=administrative with admin_level=2. The WikiData entry for Denmark (proper) is wikidata:Q35.
OHM currently has a chronology for Denmark (2801214 ) though the tagging does not clearly disambiguate between Denmark proper and Kingdom of Denmark. All of the contained boundaries in this chronology include areas outside of Denmark proper.
To Do:
- When did the distinction between Denmark proper and Kingdom of Denmark first appear? (i.e. when should a chronology for Denmark (proper) start and when should a chronology for Kingdom of Denmark start?)
- Create separate chronologies and clean up the membership so boundaries for the kingdom are in one chronology and boundaries for Denmark proper are in the other chronology
- Clean up the country boundaries that are currently intersecting the coastline in many places and convert them to maritime boundaries that are offset from the coast
Maritime Boundaries
Historical boundaries:
- Lov om afgrænsning af søterritoriet. LOV nr 200 af 07/04/1999. (https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/1999/200): Maritime boundaries of 12 nautical miles from coast, or midpoint when the coast of another country is closer than 24 nautical miles. Inner territorial waters include harbors, fjords, bays, sounds, etc. OSM users have determined this to mean that inner administrative boundaries should technically end at the coastline.
- Bekendtgørelse af noteveksling af 22. og 28. oktober 1970 med Forbundsrepublikken Tyskland om ændring af søgrænsen i Flensborg Fjord. BKI nr 22 af 05/03/1973 (https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/ltc/1973/22)
- Anordning om afgrænsningen af søterritoriet. AND nr 437 af 21/12/1966. (https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/1966/437): Maritime boundaries of 3 nautical miles
- Bekendtgørelse om en mellem Danmark og Sverige afsluttet deklaration med tilhørende Søkort og Noteveksling angaaende Grænseforholdene i Sundet. BKI nr 41 af 22/02/1932 (https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/1932/41/)
- Bekendtgørelse angående grænsen mellem Danmark og Tyskland således som denne er fastsat af den i Henhold til Bestemmelsen i Versaillestraktatens Artikel 111 nedsatte Grænseafstikningskommission. BKI nr 497 af 21/12/1923 (https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/1923/497)
Amter (Counties; 1662-2007)
Use boundary=administrative with admin_level=4.
Regioner (Regions; 2007-)
Use boundary=administrative with admin_level=4 as in OSM. (See Tag:boundary=administrative#admin_level)
Kommuner (Municipalities)
Use boundary=administrative with admin_level=7 as in OSM. (See Tag:boundary=administrative#admin_level)
Herreder (wikipedia:Hundred (county division))
(maybe use boundary=administrative with admin_level=6 ??)
Sogne (Parishes)
Could be mapped with Tag:boundary=religious_administration with admin_level=10 ?
Other divisions
- Syssel
- Len (similar to Amt before 1662)
- Stift, Provsti (other religious divisions)
- Gejstlig herred vs. verdslig herred (religious vs civil)
- Lægd, udskrivningskreds (related to military conscription)
- Amtskreds (electoral?), Amtskommune, Statsams
Sources
- Sogn-Herred-Amt, særnummer af Slægt&Data, 1998, ISBN 87-90044-02-9 (https://slaegtsbibliotek.dk/921629.pdf)
Cities
Trap, 3rd edition
Maps of købstæder (market towns). Rectified maps in: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Maps_from_Statistisk-topographisk_Beskrivelse_af_Kongeriget_Danmark,_3._udgave
Railroads
See Railways and Railway_stations for details on mapping stations.