Germany1789

Germany 1789  English Version35 maps show the structure of Germany (and some neighbouring areas) at the end of the Holy Roman Empire of the Geman Nation. The purpose is not to document any territorial claims.
Many customs, traditions and even architecture or landscape have their roots in history.
A simple example: why is carneval celebrated in one village but not in the next one only 5 miles away? One was probably part of a catholic territory and the other part of a protestant territory. Germany 1789 includes the following maps: The Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation
interactive map to choose the area to be enlarged Bavaria Swabia (Bavarian part) Baden-Würtemberg Southern Part Baden-Würtemberg Northern Part Palatinate Saarland Rhineland-Palatinate Hesse Southern part Hesse Northern part Saxony - Thuringia ? Anhalt Brandenburg Silesia (1763) Pomerania Mecklenburg Schleswig-Holstein (1730) Lower-Saxony South-Western part of Lower Saxony (Bentheim, Lingen and Osnabrück) Niederstift Münster Northrhine-Westphalia
interactive map to choose the area to be enlarged Bishporic of Cologne Lower Rhineland Bishopric of Münster ? Southern part Minden-Ravensberg and Lippe Bishopric of Paderborn and Principality of Waldeck Duchy of Westfalen Ruhr area Siegerland Limburg and Liege Luxembourg Tyrol (1766) East-Prussia and West-Prussia Baltic countries 16. century Baltic countries end of the 17. century Baltic countries end of the 18. century Legend and abbreviations