OpenHistoricalMap/Projects/Lübeck

Project Description

This project aims to map the development of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck throughout history.

Founded in 1143 by count Adolf II. von Schauenburg and Holstein between the Trave and Wakenitz rivers. During the 12th through mid-17th centuries, Lübeck served as the birthplace of the Hanseatic League and emerged as a major commercial hub in the Baltic Sea region.

Project Goal

The goal of the Project is to map the following:

• Buildings of historical significance
• Evolution of street names and layouts over time
• Changes in administrative boundaries of the Free City of Lübeck
• Course of the rivers Trave and Wakenitz within city limits
• Historical railway networks in the city
• Expansion and removal of the cities fortifications

Resources

Feel free to add any sources you find to help others map and make it easier to verify our work. Please make sure they are in the public domain (CC0).

Wikipedia is discouraged as its an unreliable source, but it definetly makes a great place to start to look for sources.

Wikipages

• Lübeck
• History of Lübeck on Wikipedia|english|German(more extensive)
• History of Lübeck on Wikimedia|Old Maps

Maps

Wikimedia Collection

Maps of Lübeck

Name	Author	Depicted Date	Depicts	Source	Georeferenced Versions	Public Domain?
WP Lübeck	Johan van Rijswijk	1604	fortifications	Wikimedia
Plan der Stadt Lübeck	R. Ruthen	1740?	fortifications	Library Berlin		✔
Grundriss von Lübeck	Johann Gottlieb Möhring (1735–1820)	1787	fortifications	Wikimedia	Mapwarper
Grundriss der Freien Stadt Lübeck	Heinrich Ludwig Behrens	1824	city center	Deutsche Fotothek	Mapwarper	✔
Brauerwasserkunst		1839	pipes	Wikimedia
Grundriss der Freien Stadt Lübeck	Heinrich Ludwig Behrens	1840	city center	Wikimedia
Topographische Karte des Gebiets Lübecks	Heinrich Ludwig Behrens	1843	Lübeck	Deutsche Fotothek		✔
Plan Lübeck		1872	city center	Wikimedia	Mapwarper
Messtischblatt 2130 Lübeck	Preußische Katasterverwaltung	1914	Lübeck	Wikimedia
Lübeck / Geologische Karte	P. Friedrich, C. Gagel	1915	Lübeck	GEO-LEO e-docs	GEO-LEO e-docs	✔
A.M.S. M841 Sheet 2130	Reichsamt fur Landesaufnahme	1948?	Lübeck	BYU Library		✔

Other Maps

Name	Author	Depicted Date	Source	Georeferenced Versions	Public Domain?
Plan de la baie de Lübeck		1811	Riksarkivet
Charte von Moisling		1816	Wikimedia
Plan Landgut Paddelügge	Ferdinand von Bültzingslöwen	1832	Wikimedia, Det Kgl. Bibliothek		✔
Vorwerker Friedhof	Erwin Barth	1906	Wikimedia
Bahnhof Lageplan	LBE	1908	Wikimedia
Garten Ed Jürgens	Erwin Barth	1908	Wikimedia
Seegrenzschlachthof	Hans Pieper	1928-10	Wikimedia
Holstentorplatz	Erwin Barth	1930	Wikimedia Architekturmuseum der TU Berlin		✔

Mappers

Feel free to add yourself if you are interested.

• Hitch82

See also

• Resources Germany – useful resources surounding Germany
• Holy Roman Empire Project – for mapping boundaries
• Hamburg Project – a neighbouring Project