Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information (Ortslexika und Karten)

• Atlas des Deutschen Reichs by Ludwig Ravenstein. It is an 1883 atlas of the all the old names of German towns and maps for finding them. It is slow to download, but well worth the time.
   
• A detailed 1893 map showing part of the county of Naugard, Pomerania. From Gene Maas' site.
   
• A detailed 1893 map showing the town of Regenwalde in the county of  Regenwalde, Pomerania. From Gene Maas' site.
   
• Deutsche Dialkete und mitteleuropäische Garnisionen, mit Schwerpunkt Deutschland (1901) / German dialects and central European garrisons (1901). These are two new historical maps. Site has maps and pictures from historical eastern Germany (Pomerania, East Prussia, Silesia, Posen, West Prussia) and from Berlin (maps and aerial views), agriculture in Pomerania, and annotated genealogical and Pomerania links.
   
• Einsenbahnen in Deutschland, 1835-1885. Historical maps of the German railroads, 1835-1885.
   
• Falk Online . Online maps of major German cities, trip planning, and atlas.
   
• FEEFHS Map Room: German Empire –East (1882) – Pommern..  Maps from the Federation of East European Family History Societies. (In English)
   
• Genealogy Unlimited - Maps and Atlases from Europe . Maps and atlases from Poland, Prussia, and Germany.
   
• Genealogy Unlimited - Former Prussian area maps
  These highly detailed maps show the former Prussian areas (including East Prussia,West Prussia, Pomerania, Silesia, and Posen) as they were in the late 1930s.
   
• German Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy.  You can buy historical maps from Silesia, Pomerania and East Prussia from this source. (In German)
   
• GOV: Das genealogische Ortsverzeichnis / GOV: The German Genealogical Place Database. (In German)
   
• Hauke Fehlberg’s Genealogy in Historical Eastern Germany.  Historic maps of Pommern and structural and geographic information. Also maps and pictures from historical eastern Germany (Pomerania, East Prussia, Silesia, Posen, West Prussia) and from Berlin (maps and aerial views), agriculture in Pomerania, annotated genealogical and Pomeranian links. (In English)
   
• Historic Maps - Germany - Pommern. / Historische Karten - Deutschland - Pommern  A collection of more than 100 historic maps are to be found here, ranging from 1844 to 1856 as well as a number of river panoramas, dating the first half of the 19th century. (In English and German)
   
• Karte des Deutschen Reiches/Map of the German Reich, 1914-1917. - LDS microfilm #068814 , scale 1:100000, 1km= 1 cm. Is available through the Family History Centers. Copies are also available at the Library of Congress. Gene Maas has scanned the topographic map for Naugard and the surrounding area. These maps show churches, Guts and most of the tiny hamlets.
   
• Karten zur Entwicklung der Deutschen Verkehrswege / Maps on the development of German transport lines. Eisenbahnen / Railways; Binnenwasserstraßen / Inland navigations and canals; and, Straßen / Roads.
   
• Kartenmeister.com. Most comprehensive database of it’s kind in the world. It contains 60007 locations (Pommern-8211; Posen-7647; Schlesien-13338; Ostpreussen-18694; Westpreussen-8996; and Brandenburg-3121) 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, Pomerania, and Silesia.  It currently list most towns or points, points being : Mills, some bridges, battlefields, named trees, cenotaphs etc. As more  information becomes available, (books, maps, your input  etc) this database will be updated. Compiled by Uwe-Karsten Krickhah of Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. (In German, English and other languages)
   
• Kingdom of Prussia in 1648
   
• Kreis Belgard.
   
• Kreis Bütow .
   
• Kreis Franzburg-Barth.
   
• Kreis Greifenhagen.
   
• Kreis Grimmen.
   
• Kreis Kolberg-Körlin.
   
• Kreis Köslin.
   
• Kreis Naugard.
   
• Kreis Neustettin.
   
• Kreis Rummelsburg.
   
• Kreis Schlawe.
   
• Kreis Stolp.
   
• Kreiseinteilung der Provinz Pommern 1939 (einige Kreise sind zur Vergrößerung anklickbar). 
   
• Landkarten vom Hofer Verlags - maps.  Pommern maps available.
   
• Landkarten von Pommern. Maps of Pommern (1913 & 1939) and of 12 counties (kreise) -- Belgard, Bütow, Franzburg-Barth, Greifenhagen, Grimmen, Kolberg-Körlin, Köslin, Naugard, Neustettin, Rummelsburg, Schlawe, and Stolp.
   
• Map of Pomerania in 1938
   
• Map showing villages in parts of Naugard, Regenwalde, and Saatzig counties (Kreise) in the 18th century. From Gene Maas site.
   
• Maps Locating Village Churches in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.  (In German)
   
• Mecklenburg Gazetteer and 1819 Census. By Daniel M. Schlyter.
   
• Mecklenburg Map - 1890.
   
• Pomeranian Maps - Online maps from 1628 to 1938
   
• Pommern. History and maps from 1945 with German and Polish place names. (In German)
   
• Pommern 1913.
   
• Pommern Landkarte - Color maps of Pomerania in 1938 (1:300,000)
   
• Pommern maps page 1. From the Historischer Atlas von Pommern, Karte 3, Karte der Historischen Dorfformen, 18 Jahrh., Vol. 3, 1963. Map showing villages in parts of Naugard, Regenwalde, and Saatzig counties (Kreise) in the 18th century.
   
• Pomeranian Maps. Links to various online maps relating the historical region of Pomerania and links to other Pommern sites. (In English)
   
• Prussia 1415-1914
   
• Topographical Maps (Messtischblaetter 1:25000) may be purchased from Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie, Stauffenbergstr. 13, 10785 Berlin Germany (ask for map catalog of Pommern).