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Dear all No wonder that there is confusion. There were at least 3 locations in West Prussia or Danzig called Weißhof, belonging to the administrative units of Thorn, Marienwerder and Graudenz respectively. In addition, there were 3 places called Mischke, belonging to the administrative units of Schwetz, Konitz and Graudenz respectively. For all this I refer to: Historisches Ortschaftsverzeichnis Danzig-Westpreussen / bearb. und hrsg. vom Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums des Innern unter der Ltg. von Karl-A. Wegener. - Frankfurt am Main : Verlag des Instituts für Angewandte Geodäsie, 1997. (Reihe historischer Ortschaftsverzeichnisse für ehemals zu Deutschland gehörige Gebiete - Zeitraum 1914 bis 1945 ; Band 7). -- entries for Mischke p. 301 -- entries for Weißhof p. 507 The entry for Weißhof near Mischke and Graudenz reads (abbreviated): Weißhof (before WWI) Białydwór (between WWI and WWII) Weißhof (1939-1945) Biały Dwór (1945-1992) Białydwór (since 1992) The village is situated at E 18°44'20"/N 53°23'30". Note that the village is *not* labelled on Google Maps, while OpenStreetMap has it labelled wrongly as Biały Bór. Weißhof/Białydwór/Biały Dwór should not be confused with Weißheide/Białybór/Biały Bór which is approx. 1 km further north at E 18°44'15"/N 53°23'55", correctly labelled on Google Maps but not labelled at its correct location on OpenStreetMap. For maps showing the correct locations of both villages I refer to: Topographische Karte 1:25,000 (i.e. the pre-WWII German topographical map series) -- sheet 2578 -- sheet 2678 Poland 1:50,000 (series M751) -- sheet 2924 IV Best wishes Markus Oehrli *************************** ZENTRALBIBLIOTHEK ZÜRICH Markus Oehrli Abteilung Karten und Panoramen Zähringerplatz 6 CH-8001 Zürich E-Mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.zb.uzh.ch *************************** Kartenportal: http://www.kartenportal.ch ------------------- I suppose it's this one: about three km south of the city centre of Grudziadz (former Graudenz) there is Mniszek (Mischke), another km south you can find Bialy Bor (former Weißheide and Weißhof). Michael Am 21.12.2011 22:09, schrieb Boardman, Richard: > This is a MapHist list message (when you hit 'reply' you're replying to the > whole list) > o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + o + > > > > Hi, > > I'm trying to locate a very small town that was in West Prussia around > the turn of the last century. It's listed in Ritter's with the usual > administrative districts, etc. but I've been unable to find it on any > map, including the 1:100k map series of Germany from that time period. > Any help would be greatly appreciated. Here's the information I have: > > *WEISSHOF* > > VILLAGE/HAMLET IN WEST PRUSSIA > > LANDKREIS: GRAUDENZ > > POST: MISCHKE > > 263 INHABITANTS > > Thanks. > > Rich Boardman > > Free Library of Philadelphia _______________________________________________ MapHist: E-mail discussion group on the history of cartography hosted by the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht. The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the University of Utrecht. The University of Utrecht does not take any responsibility for the views of the author. List Information: http://www.maphist.nl Maphist mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist
