Maps of the Bessarabian German Villages

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Map Set 6 - Bessarabia

These are the only village maps for Bessarabia available at this time.

Antonowka: Village map of 1909
38 families; 425 residents
Prepared by von Dieter Fiess
35 3/4 by 23 3/8 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Albota: Date not given
No information given
No cartographer given
35 1/2 by 20 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Arzis: Village map of 1940
No information given
Prepared by A. Ziebart
22 1/4 by 32 3/4 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Alt - Posttal: Village map of 1940
Founded in 1823
Prepared by Herbert Gäckle
22 inches by 58 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Balmas: Village map
Prepared by Thomas Schall and Melchoir Koch
18 inches by 26 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Benkendorf: Date not given
No information given
Prepared by Jos. Sigmund, O'L.
31 by 21 3/4 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Beresina: Village map of 1940
No information given
Prepared by Adolf Becker
23 by 16 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Brienne: Village map of 1940
Kreis: Akkermann, Bessarabia
Prepared by P.B. Schnaidt, Immanuel Radke and Christian Herrmann
18 by 24 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Brienne: Village map of 1940
[Note: General plat of Brienne, Neu-Brienne and Arzis]
Prepared by Herbert Oster, 1991
18 by 24 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Brienne (Neu): Village map of 1940
Prepared by Herbert Oster, 1991
18 by 24 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Dennewitz: Village map of 1940
Map provided by Gerhard Brost, Calgary, Alberta, 2007
No other information provided
16 inches by 20 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Eigenfeld (version A): Village map of 1940
No information given
No cartographer given
35 1/2 by 23 5/8 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Eigenfeld (version B): Village map of 1940
No information given
Prepared by August Adolf
32 1/2 by 23 5/8 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Eigengut-Schimke: Village map of 1903
No information given
No cartographer given
11 by 8 1/2 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Elft, Neu: Date not given
No information given
No cartographer given
24 x 18 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Emmental (version A): Village map of 1940
Prepared by Emil Nagel
16 inches by 26 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Emmental (version B): Date not given
No information given
No cartographer given
23 by 35 1/4 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Friedensfeld: Date not given
No information given
No cartographer given
18 x 24 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Friedenstal (version A): Village map of 1940 - 1941
No information given
No cartographer given
65 1/2 by 23 1/4 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Friedenstal (version B): Date not given
No information given
Prepared by Jakob Kelm
12 1/2 by 28 1/4 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Friedenstal (version C): Village map of 1940
No information given
Prepared by Friedrich Ernst
23 7/8 by 17 7/8 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Gnadental: Date not given
No information given
No cartographer given
23 5/8 by 35 5/8 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Halle (Alisowka (Version A): Village map of 1940
No information given.
Prepared by Emil Osswald
11 by 17 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Halle (Alisowka) (Version B): Village Map of 1940
Two maps in one of surrounding field tracts and village map
Cartographer by H. Eckert
Prepared by A. Schimke
11 by 17 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Hirtenheim: Date not given
No information given
Prepared by Klara Meske (Christian Fiess)
35 7/8 by 22 7/8 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Hirtenheim-Neudorf: Village map of 1940
No information given
Prepared by Klara Meske (Christian Fiess)
35 7/8 by 22 7/8 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Hoffnungsfeld: Village map of 1940
307 residents
Prepared by Otto Klaiber (Christian Fiess)
35 3/4 by 23 1/2 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Hoffnungstal: Date not given
No information given
No cartographer given
48 7/8 by 23 3/8 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Josefsdorf: Date not given
No information given
No cartographer given
17 1/2 by 33 1/4 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Karamurat, Dobrudscha: Village map
Prepared by Ernst Schäfer and Jakob Söhn
16 inches by 20 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Katzbach: Date not given
Original village layout
No information given
No cartographer given
24 x 18 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Klostitz: Village map of 1940
3,682 residents; 10,700 hectare in land
No cartographer given
18 by 21 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Krasna: Village Map of 1940
No information given, except legend
Prepared by Landsmannschaft der Bessarabiendeutschen, Reinland/Pfalz, Germany
23 by 37 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Kulm: Village map of 1940
18 inches by 36 inches
Prepared by A. Erdmann, teacher in Kulm
Prepared by W. Weiss, Bachnang, Germany, 1963
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Kurudschika: Village map of 1940
No information given
Prepared by Christian Fiess
35 9/10 by 23 3/5 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Larga: Village map of 1940
Prepared by Waldemar Kosak, Melchio Koch and Nikodemus Kunanz
16 inches by 26 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Leipzig: Village map of 1940
No information given
Prepared by N. Boettcher, 1979
24 by 36 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Lunga: Village map of 1940
No information given
Prepared by Jakob Schafer (Christian Fiess)
27 7/8 by 21 13/16 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Mathildendorf, Alt: Village map of 1940
443 residents; 2,236 hectare in land
Prepared by Ida Hitsch and Jakob Albrecht
37 1/16 by 22 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Mathildendorf, Neu: Village map of 1940
331 residents; 784 hectare in land
Prepared by Albert Zeh and Ida Hitsch
36 7/16 by 22 1/16
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Nikolajewka, Neu: Date not given
No information given
Prepared by Oskar Sauter (Christina Fiess)
35 9/16 by 24 5/16 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Paris: Village map of 1940
No information given
Prepared by Erich Mammel-Lienzingen
35 7/8 by 23 5/16 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Posttal, Alt: Village map of 1940
Prepared by Herbert Gäckle
22 x 58 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Sarata (version A): Date not given
No information given
No cartographer given
32 3/16 by 23 1/8 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Sarata (version B): Village map of 1940
No information given
No cartographer given
43 3/4 by 23 1/4 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Sarata (version C): Date not given
No information given
Prepared by Wilhelm Wagner (Christian Fiess)
38 15/16 by 21 7/8 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Sarata (version D): Date not given
No information given
Prepared by Wilhelm Wagner (Christian Fiess)
16 7/8 by 11 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Seimeny: Village map of 1940
No information given
No cartographer given
24 x 18 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Sofiewka: Village map of 1940
Prepared by Alexander Grauer, 1990
16 inches by 20 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Sofiewka: Village Map of 1940
Re-drafted by Jacob Ohlhausen, September 1959, for Uls Windmiller
16 inches by 20 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Tarutino (version A): Village map of 1940
No information given
No cartographer given
21 11/16 by 43 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Tarutino (version B): Village map of 1940
939 families; 9,052 hectare in land
Prepared by Tetzlaff
24 1/2 by 55 1/8 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Teplitz: Village map of 1940
No information given
Map design by Herbert Weiss
Prepared by Erwin Buchfink, 1987
18 inches by 35 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Wishniowka: Village map of 1940
No information given
Prepared by Otto Gwinner (Christian Fiess)
33 by 23 1/2 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Wittenberg (version A): Date not given
No information given
Prepared by V. Bauer (Christian Fiess)
24 ½ by 24 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Wittenberg (version B): Village map of 1940
No information given
Prepared by Otto Bollinger, 1984
23 7/16 by 32 5/8 inches in size
$8 map in paper format; $20 map in paper format and laminated

Please identify which maps to be ordered and if "paper format only" or "paper format and laminated."