JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Hartleben's Travel Guides to Galicia & Lemberg, 1914 - Gesher Galicia Map Room #general
Pamela Weisberger
Ever wonder what a traveler to Galicia (Austria) in the early 20th century would
have used as a guide for getting around in the days before Expedia, Google Maps or talking GPS systems? If so, check out these two new uploads to the Gesher Galicia Map Room: "Hartleben's Travel Guide Map of Galicia 1914" An historic map of Galicia >from a travel guidebook to the region written by Orlowicz and Kordys, printed by Freytag & Berndt, and published by A. Hartleben's Verlag of Vienna and Leipzig in 1914. This was probably the last written guide to Galicia before the region ceased to exist as a political entity. The map includes all major and many minor cities, mountains, and rivers, and shows recommended travel routes (primarily by train) between key sights of the region corresponding to the text. The original paper document is in the extensive map collection of Harrie Teunissen and John Steegh; this image was donated to Gesher Galicia on the 100th anniversary of the guidebook. http://maps.geshergalicia.org/galicia/galicia-hartlebens-1914/ "Hartleben's Travel Guide Map of Lemberg (Lwow) 1914" A general plan of the city of Lemberg (Lwow, Lviv, Lwow, Lvov,) >from a travel guidebook to Galicia published by A. Hartleben's Verlag of Vienna and Leipzig in 1914, just before the Great War. The map covers the urban core of the city, showing street names, squares, train and tram lines, parks, waterways, several cemeteries, and the Jewish hospital, and includes an index to significant buildings and cultural sites. The original paper document is in the extensive map collection of Harrie Teunissen and John Steegh. http://maps.geshergalicia.org/general/lviv-lwow-lemberg-1914/ Thanks to Jay Osborn for the technical work and text, and to Teunissen and Steegh for their generous donations of these maps to the Gesher Galicia site. Pamela Weisberger President, Gesher Galicia pweisberger@...
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