1890s Color Antique Map HESSE MANNHEIM FRANKFURT HANAU ,1894 Antique Colour Map

TOPOGRAPHICAL RELIEF MAP RAILWAY AND ROUTE MAP

HESSE - REGION HESSEN, GERMANY Hesse (German: Hessen) is one of Germany's sixteen federal states (Bundesländer) . It has an area of 21,110 km² and just over six million inhabitants. The capital city of Hesse is Wiesbaden (Darmstadt until 1945 ) while its economic center and largest city is nearby Frankfurt and the surroundig Rhine Main Area.Situated in western-central Germany, Hessen borders on (from the north-west and clockwise) the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Thuringia, Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate. Its principal cities include Frankfurt am Main, Wiesbaden, Darmstadt,Offenbach, Gießen and Wetzlar in the greater Rhine Main Area, Fulda in the east, as well as Kassel and Marburg in the north. The main rivers in the northern part of Hessen are Fulda and Lahn. It is a hilly countryside, the main mountain chains being the Rhön, the Westerwald, the Taunus and the Spessart. Most inhabitants live in the southernmost part of Hesse between the rivers Main and Rhine. The latter borders Hessen on the southwest without running through the state. The mountain chain between the Main and the Rhine is called the Odenwald. Hessen is divided into 21 districts and five independent cities: 1. Bergstraße (Heppenheim, Bensheim) 2. Darmstadt-Dieburg (Darmstadt, Dieburg) 3. Fulda (Fulda) 4. Gießen (Gießen) 5. Groß-Gerau (Groß-Gerau, Rüsselsheim) 6. Hersfeld-Rotenburg (Bad Hersfeld) 7. Hochtaunuskreis (Bad Homburg) 8. Kassel (Kassel) 9. Lahn-Dill (Wetzlar) 10. Limburg-Weilburg (Limburg, Weilburg) 11. Main-Kinzig (Hanau) 12. Main-Taunus (Hofheim, Bad Soden) 13. Marburg-Biedenkopf (Marburg) 14. Odenwaldkreis (Erbach) 15. Offenbach (Offenbach) 16. Rheingau-Taunus (Idstein) 17. Schwalm-Eder (Fritzlar, Borken) 18. Vogelsbergkreis (Alsfeld, Lauterbach) 19. Waldeck-Frankenberg (Korbach) 20. Werra-Meißner (Eschwege, Witzenhausen) 21. Wetteraukreis (Friedberg, Bad Nauheim) * D Darmstadt * F Frankfurt (Main) * K Kassel * O Offenbach * W Wiesbaden The 21 districts and five independent cities are grouped in three administrative regions (Regierungsbezirke): Kassel, Gießen and Darmstadt.

1890s Wood Engraving, Antique Map

Approximate Overall Size: 12 X 9 1/2 inches

CONDITION: Book Plate Map - Excellent Condition. Folded. As Scanned. German Text. Beautiful with excellent detail. Map Print is Blank on the back