S. Lehmann · 1964
Siegfried Lehmann explains the origins, design and publication program of “Die Bundesrepublik Deutschland in Karten,” jointly issued by the Federal Statistical Office, the Institute for Regional Geography and the Institute for Spatial Research through W. Kohlhammer. He traces its development from 42 map supplements accompanying the 1949–1950 census publications, which received limited attention, to plans to combine maps from the 1960 agricultural census and the 1961 population, occupational, establishment and building censuses with broader geographical material. The atlas is intended to provide a nationally comparable inventory of population, economic conditions and their geographical setting, excluding representations of planning proposals while supplying material useful for planning. Lehmann discusses maps as both research tools and presentations of knowledge. The proposed loose-leaf atlas uses an open four-digit classification, two standardized sheet sizes, and municipal and district base maps with boundaries dated 6 June 1961. Mapping scales are 1:1 million, 1:2 million and 1:2.7 million; legends include minimum, mean and maximum values and frequency distributions. Five divisions cover general and administrative surveys, nature, population and culture, economy, and spatial divisions, with approximately 87 sheets containing 130 maps planned. A joint map commission coordinates subjects, cartography and publication. The first installment was scheduled for spring 1965, the second for late 1965, and further installments for 1966. Periodic replacement of sheets was envisaged to maintain currency. Lehmann presents the atlas as a resource for administration, business and regional comparison, including international comparisons.
Georg Müller · 1964
This article introduces the conception, organization, contents, and publication plan of the atlas “The Federal Republic of Germany in Maps,” whose first installment was scheduled for early 1965. Initiated by the Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Regional Planning, the project is jointly prepared by the Federal Statistical Office, the Institute for Regional Geography, and the Institute for Spatial Research, which bear scientific responsibility under the coordination of an interagency map commission. The atlas is intended to fill the absence of a comprehensive structural cartographic survey and to provide an empirical foundation for federal spatial-planning policy, public administration, business, and academic research. Its principal approach is to map the results of the 1960–61 population, occupation, building, and workplace censuses and integrate them with geographical information and representations of regional problems. Approximately ninety large-format sheets cover administrative divisions, natural conditions, population and culture, economic structures, and spatial classifications. Municipalities, counties, and independent cities serve as the main regional units, with scales and cartographic techniques varying according to analytical purpose. The first installment includes maps of administrative boundaries, soils, precipitation, demographic density and change, migration, religion, refugees, foreign workers, housing, agriculture, industry, taxation capacity, natural regions, and federal development areas. Published in successive installments to ensure rapid availability, the atlas was expected to be largely completed within three years. Together with updated county dossiers, it would constitute an unusually comprehensive regional inventory of Germany and strengthen the informational basis for spatial research, planning, and comparative international study.
Selbstanzeige · 1965
This editors’ account introduces Die Bundesrepublik Deutschland in Karten at the appearance of its first delivery. Demand for separately available maps accompanying the 1950 census publications, followed by encouragement from two federal ministries, led to a joint editorial project presenting the 1960–61 censuses with additional thematic maps. The Federal Statistical Office prepared the census data and associated maps; the Institute for Regional Geography supplied administrative, regional-geographical, and utility maps and executed the cartography; the Institute for Spatial Research contributed location and planning maps. Subject specialists drafted maps for joint cartographic discussion, while other agencies supplied material and existing maps were incorporated to extend the inventory and reach wider audiences.
The atlas covers administration, nature, population and public services, the economy, and spatial divisions. Distribution maps, dot maps, and choropleths show regional differences, chiefly through municipal and district data at 1:1,000,000 and 1:2,000,000. The account describes about 180 multicolored representations on roughly 90 loose sheets, designed for use in administrative and planning discussions. The editors present the atlas as an inventory and disclaim national-atlas status. Its size and price limit individual ownership. They envisage a more broadly accessible geographical regional atlas emphasizing spatial qualities, functions, and regional synthesis; initial work had begun, and they describe the present atlas as a foundation for that project.
