Published: 2023-07-25

A new cartographic source for the studies on the southern part of Lake Jeziorak and adjacent settlements

Seweryn Szczepański , Piotr Lasek
Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej
Section: Communiques
DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/KHKM71.2023.2.003

Abstract

The subject of the article is the oldest cartography and iconography of Iława (Deutsch Eylau), the surrounding villages and the southern part of Lake Jeziorak. The most
valuable materials of this type include cartographic sources from the early modern period (seventeenth and eighteenth centuries), currently in the collections of the Institute of Art, Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw and the State Archives in Olsztyn. Recently, another map was found in the resources of Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz in Berlin-Dahlem, which both complements the existing cartographic sources and opens up new research perspectives. It significantly increases our knowledge about the transformations of the settlement space associated with the lake as well as the changes in the Jeziorak shoreline.

Keywords:

cartography, Jeziorak, Iława, historical geography, Prussia

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Szczepański, S., & Lasek, P. (2023). A new cartographic source for the studies on the southern part of Lake Jeziorak and adjacent settlements. Kwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej, 71(2), 167–180. https://doi.org/10.23858/KHKM71.2023.2.003

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