Historical-Topographical Atlas of Silesian Towns
Project leader: Prof. Peter Haslinger, Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Kreft
Project employee: Dariusz Gierczak M.A., Dipl.-Ing. Marc Friede
An interactive, multimedia linking of maps, images and texts on urban history
In just a few mouse-clicks, the Internet version of this atlas intends to offer you a sophisticated impression of the topographic development of the settlement of 34 selected Silesian towns from the 19th to 21st centuries. Especially the contemporary map representations, aerial photographs, drawings, photographs, press reports, film clips, as well as the specially compiled growth phases maps provide a graphic insight into the settlement development.
After loading the application
and a dynamic introduction, there initially follows a "town overview". Using the switchable legend, the border movements of
Silesia that formed the most significant caesuras for urban development, particularly in the 20th century, can be seen.
Additional "information" provides different texts on the concept of this collaborative project.
After clicking on a
town in the overview map, a timeline appears, which is used to visualise the spatial development of the respective
settlement of the town using maps and aerial images. "Additional materials" contain further graphic views, town maps and
photographs, which also provide an image of the form of the town, whilst the "description" offers informative texts on the
respective development phase of the town.
The application is completed by an animated "growth phases map", which
cartographically brings together the spatial and temporal development sectors described in the textual contributions.
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Short URL: www.herder-institut.de/town-atlas-silesia