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Bomb damage of 27 November 1944

The city’s damage map after the Allied air raid of 27 November 1944.

Legend: Black: heavy damage to total destruction, uninhabitable at the time. Blue: light to medium damage, habitable.

Scale 1:10,000 · Valid 1944 to 1952 according to the city

All plans (21)

  1. City map 1838

    Black-and-white map without a legend, with an index of the places in the town of that time.

    Scale 1:10,000 · Valid 1838 to 1874 according to the city

  2. City map 1875

    Black-and-white map without a legend. Freiburg then had about 32,000 inhabitants.

    Scale 1:6,000 · Valid 1875 to 1902 according to the city

    bearbeitet von C. Bolia, Lithograph, Kaiserstrasse N° 108. Preis: 1 Mark.

  3. City map 1903

    Thematic map with a legend and an index of streets and squares, fountains, monuments, churches, schools and university buildings.

    Scale 1:6,500 · Valid 1903 to 1913 according to the city

    Verlag von Klemm & Beckmann, Stuttgart. Lith. Kunstanstalt H. Bendele, Stuttgart.

  4. City map 1914

    Black-and-white map without a legend, with an index of streets, public buildings, monuments and parks.

    Scale 1:8,000 · Valid 1914 to 1919 according to the city

  5. City map 1920

    Thematic map without a legend, with an index of streets, public buildings, monuments and parks.

    Scale 1:6,000 · Valid 1920 to 1936 according to the city

    Verlag der Freiburger Druck u. Verlagsgesellschaft H.M. Muth, m.b.H.

  6. City map 1937

    Thematic map with a legend and an index of streets, parks, monuments, squares and public buildings.

    Scale 1:10,000 · Valid 1937 to 1943 according to the city

  7. City map 1944

    Thematic map with a legend and an index of streets, parks, monuments, squares and public buildings.

    Scale 1:10,000 · Valid 1944 to 1952 according to the city

    Herstellung: Kunstdruckerei Künstlerbund Karlsruhe A.-G., Karlsruhe i. B.

  8. Bomb damage of 27 November 1944

    The city’s damage map after the Allied air raid of 27 November 1944.

    Legend: Black: heavy damage to total destruction, uninhabitable at the time. Blue: light to medium damage, habitable.

    Scale 1:10,000 · Valid 1944 to 1952 according to the city

  9. City map 1953

    Official black-and-white map with a legend. Field names are printed in red.

    Scale 1:10,000 · Valid 1953 to 1954 according to the city

    Druck: Kunstdruckerei Künstlerbund Karlsruhe G.m.b.H., Karlsruhe i.B. Auslieferung: Lehrmittelverlag Hans Witte, Freiburg i. Br.

  10. City map 1955

    Official thematic map with a legend and an index of streets, parks, monuments, squares and public buildings.

    Scale 1:10,000 · Valid 1955 to 1964 according to the city

    Druck: Kunstdruckerei Künstlerbund Karlsruhe G.m.b.H., Karlsruhe i.B. Auslieferung: Fa. Franz Zeiser, Freiburg i. Br., Fuchsstr. 3

  11. City map 1965

    Thematic map with a legend, before the district reform of 1973.

    Scale 1:12,500 · Valid 1965 to 1972 according to the city

    Kartographie: Pensky Karlsruhe, Kartographische Anstalt Druck: Kunstdruckerei Künstlerbund Karlsruhe G.m.b.H., Karlsruhe i.B.

  12. City map 1973

    Thematic map with a legend, after the district reform. Waltershofen, Opfingen and Tiengen are shown in a separate inset.

    Scale 1:12,500 · Valid 1973 to 1980 according to the city

  13. City map 1981

    Official city map with a legend. The city centre is shown in a separate inset at 1:10,000.

    Scale 1:16,000 · Valid 1981 to 1983 according to the city

  14. City map 1984

    Thematic map with a legend. Ebnet, Kappel, Hochdorf, Waltershofen, Opfingen, Tiengen and Munzingen are not shown.

    Scale 1:10,000 · Valid 1984 to 1988 according to the city

  15. City map 1989

    Thematic map made of an eastern sheet with legend and overview map and a western sheet.

    Scale 1:15,000 · Valid 1989 to 1991 according to the city

    Herstellung: G. Braun, Druckerei, Karlsruhe

  16. City map 1992

    Thematic map made of an eastern sheet with legend and overview map and a western sheet.

    Scale 1:15,000 · Valid 1992 to 1999 according to the city

    Herstellung: G. Braun, Druckerei, Karlsruhe

  17. City map 2000

    Thematic map with a legend. Separate insets show the old town at 1:7,500 and the south of the city at 1:25,000.

    Scale 1:15,000 · Valid 2000 to 2009 according to the city

    Digitale Bearbeitung: comkart, 71229 Leonberg

  18. City map 2010

    Thematic map, made especially for digital use.

  19. City map 2015

    Thematic map, made especially for digital use.

  20. City map 2020

    Thematic map, made especially for digital use.

  21. City map 2023

    The official city map of Freiburg, 2023 edition.

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