Scale in meters
1000 meters = 0.62 miles
Scale = 1:100,000
Kartogr. Abteilung der Kgl. Preuss. Landesaufnahme 1913
Printed 1915
Ausgabe für Grenzschutzzwecke [Edition for Purpose of Border Defense]
Geheim! [Secret!]

Bgr.Pl. = Begräbnisplatz = cemetery. Symbol indicates Jewish cemetery.

Bhf. = Bahnhof = train station

Gut = estate

Hp. = Haltepunkt = "stopping point"; small train station

Kord. = ? Kordon = line of military posts

ö.L.v. Ferro = east longitude from Ferro. Ferro Longitude, used on many older maps, places the 0 meridian through the Canary Islands rather than Greenwich. The longitude of 39 degrees east of Ferro, in the upper left corner of the map, is 21 degrees 20 minutes east of Greenwich.

Vw. = Vorwerk = outbuilding (translation of Vorwerk on current German maps)

Z.A. = Zoll-Amt = customs station

Zgl. = Ziegelei = brickyard

Note: The non-italicized numbers (such as 221 under the Gorzdy town name) indicate the number of dwellings in the town. The italicized numbers represent elevation in meters.

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