Buchbesprechungen: Atlas der Republik Österreich

Summary

This review discusses the latest developments of the Atlas of the Republic of Austria, edited by the Commission for Spatial Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences under the leadership of Hans Bobek, with cartographic supervision by Erik Arnberger. Published since 1961, the atlas had reached 105 map sheets by 1976 across six deliveries. The review focuses on the 12 new maps in the sixth delivery (1974 and 1976), covering topics such as biological water quality, building and functional structures of Salzburg, Bregenz, and Eisenstadt, forest yields, land-use systems, livestock systems, agricultural economic regions, energy production and transmission, morphography, historical field patterns, historical rural settlement forms, road traffic accessibility, and central places and their hinterlands (based on a 1973 survey). The reviewer praises the meticulous scholarship of the editors and cartographers, noting that most maps represent original scientific contributions, while regretting the absence of explanatory texts. The printing by Freytag-Berndt & Artaria, Vienna, is described as exemplary.