MAPS OF GERMANY
An Atlas of the German Empire
Ravenstein 1883 atlas online. This is an excellent resource. The maps and the gazetteers are excruciatingly slow to download. Scale is 1:850,000.
Bundesland/States
How boundaries have changed during various periods of Germany's history.
The David Rumsey Collection
Maps of Germany, Germany-Austria, Germany-Czech Republic, Germany-Poland, Germany-Prussia, Prussia-Austria, Prussia-Poland, Prussia-Saxony. Does NOT work with all browsers.
German Empire 1866-1877
Click on the map to view a larger map.
German Empire - East - Silesia, Prussia - 1882
German Empire - East - West Prussia
Germany’s 1871 Borders
Hessen Maps (Germany)
Hessen Maps-18th Century
Hessen Darmstadt 1567-1866
Hessen Kassel 1567-1866
Map of Brandenburg
Map of Pommerania - 1805
Pommeranian Maps
Map of The Province of Posen (Poznan)
MAPS OF PRUSSIA
East and West Prussia Gazetteer Updated 10-05 
The Kingdom of Prussia
Map of East Prussia
Map of West Prussia
Maps of Prussia
PGSA’s East and West Prussia Gazetteer
*Cities, Villages, Farms, etc.
*Provinces
*Kreis
*Protestant Parish
*Catholic Parish
*Civil Records Office
Prussian Maps
This site has some good maps showing the expansion of Prussia over the centuries. They take a little time to load as they are all on one page.
1882 East Prussia
MAPS OF SILESIA
Map of Silesia (Schlesien)
Map of Silesia
MISCELLANEOUS
Concierge.com
Find maps for any place on Earth.
Easy Tour
Click on English Version. Enter the village and country you will start at, and the village and country you will be driving to. Similar to Mapquest.
European Maps
European Classics Collection, reprints from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries at a very reasonable price.
European Treaty Adjustments 1668-1699
European Treaty Adjustments 1735-1763
European Treaty Adjustments 1801-1812
European Treaty Adjustments 1814-1815
Expedia Maps
This is an excellent map of the towns as they are today. It's also a great one to find towns close to the one you are seeking when trying to locate a town that has a church that is close to your ancestors' ancestral home.
Genealogy Unlimited - Hofer Series
Genealogy Unlimited sells a series of modern 1:200,000 scale road maps published in Germany by Höfer Verlag that are useful for locating villages in former German areas. The maps show communities in two languages - German and Polish, Russian or Czech, depending on the area. They are indexed, using the German names. They also include a small magnifier to help you find your community, no matter how small.
Global Gazetteer
This is a directory of 2880532 of the world's cities and towns, sorted by country and linked to a map for each town. It gives you the weather report for the towns. It shows many tiny villages. It's great to get a good idea of proximity to country's border and elevation.
Historische Karten
Historical maps available from the German provincial government map offices.
How Far Is It?
This service uses data from the US Census and a supplementary list of cities around the world to find the latitude and longitude of two places, then calculates the distance between them. It also provides a map showing both places.
An Index of German-Polish/Polish-German Names of the Localities in Poland and Russia
The JewishGen ShtetlSeeker
Search for Towns by Soundex in Central & Eastern Europe.
Kartenmeister Database
The largest map database of it’s kind in the world. It contains 56500 locations with over 20,000 name changes once, and 5,500 thrice. All locations are EAST of the Oder and Neisse rivers and are based on the borders of the eastern provinces in Spring 1918. Included in this database are the following provinces: East Prussia, including Memel, West Prussia, Brandenburg, Posen, Pommerania, and Silesia.
Library of Congress
Geography & Maps Division
free maps - US and foreign
maps@loc.gov
Mapquest Online
Measuring Units Conversion Tables
Conversion tables for metric, imperial and US measurement systems.
Multimap.com
Oddens's Bookmarks
"The Fascinating World of Maps and Mapping"
This site has more maps than you can imagine.
Online Maps by University of Texas
Place Names Database
Database of Place Names for Various Countries.
Polart.com’s Map Selection
*Administrative
*Area Maps
*Atlases and City Plans
*Illustrated Maps
*Military Maps
*Specialty Maps
*Wall Maps
Slownik Geograficzny
Geographic Dictionary of the Former Kingdom of Poland and other Slavic Lands
Terra Server
This is a site where you can type in a town, and it will bring up every town with that name if it's correct. If your town does not come up use the Soundex at the Shtetlseeker. It also gives you satellite views of many towns.
Travel Genie - Detailed Maps for Genealogy
Maps of Poland (1:100,000 and 1:300,000 scale) and Germany (1:150,000 scale) are available at reasonable prices. Online printable order form. Catherine Brewster has ordered maps from Travel Genie and they are excellent, very detailed. If you know where your town/village is located, but aren't sure which map you need, you can email them and they will check to see which map you need before you place your order.
WWW-VL History Index-Maps
PICTURES!
Fotoarchiv
Old photos of many German Cities as well as those former Prussian Territories
now a part of Poland. This site appears to be a prototype under construction (so only city names beginning with A through K are included). The site includes even some very small towns.
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