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It's called Bystrzec in Polish. You should be able to locate this on a modern map, which may well help you with locating it on an old map. I've not found any other German names for it, although it's not unusual for places in that area to have two German names, one of which is often a version of the Polish name. On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 21:09, Boardman, Richard <boardm...@freelibrary.org>wrote: > 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 > Maphist@geo.uu.nl > http://mailman.geo.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/maphist >
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