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Approximately 60 large-format, historic city maps in full color

For the first time, the Atlas Kriegsschadenskarten (Atlas of War Damage Maps) prepares an important source inventory for urban research and presents maps of Nuremberg, Hamburg, Hanover, Freiburg, Leipzig, and Essen from the 1940s and 1950s in large-format illustrations. Introductory essays are devoted to the development of war damage recording and discuss the significance of map documents for reconstruction and heritage processes. Thus, the book shows not only losses and destruction, but also the preservation of historically valuable buildings and structures and their evaluation in the light of the respective motivations that were decisive for reconstruction.

  • Cities studied: Nuremberg, Hamburg, Hanover, Freiburg, Leipzig, Essen
  • With English abstracts
  • Urbanism and architectural preservation

Atlas Kriegsschadenskarten Deutschland: Stadtkartierung und Heritage Making im Wiederaufbau um 1945

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Hardback by Carmen M. Enss , Birgit Knauer

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Approximately 60 large-format, historic city maps in full color For the first time, the Atlas Kriegsschadenskarten (Atlas of War Damage... Read more

    Publisher: Birkhauser
    Publication Date: 19/12/2022
    ISBN13: 9783035625004, 978-3035625004
    ISBN10: 303562500X

    Number of Pages: 264

    Non Fiction , Art & Photography

    Description

    Approximately 60 large-format, historic city maps in full color

    For the first time, the Atlas Kriegsschadenskarten (Atlas of War Damage Maps) prepares an important source inventory for urban research and presents maps of Nuremberg, Hamburg, Hanover, Freiburg, Leipzig, and Essen from the 1940s and 1950s in large-format illustrations. Introductory essays are devoted to the development of war damage recording and discuss the significance of map documents for reconstruction and heritage processes. Thus, the book shows not only losses and destruction, but also the preservation of historically valuable buildings and structures and their evaluation in the light of the respective motivations that were decisive for reconstruction.

    • Cities studied: Nuremberg, Hamburg, Hanover, Freiburg, Leipzig, Essen
    • With English abstracts
    • Urbanism and architectural preservation

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