History of  Surveying and Measurement

International Institution for the History of Surveying and Measurement A Permanent Institution within the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG)

Cadastral map sheets of the cadastral survey under Emperor Franz I, 1817-1861

The Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying (BEV) as the highest cadastral authority in Austria has stored all Austrian original cadastral map sheets of the cadastral survey under Emperor Franz I, 1817-1861 in its cadastral maps archives in Vienna.

This eminent cadastral survey under Franz I covered not only the territory of the present Republic of Austria, but also all other countries of the former Austro-Hungarian Monarchy - that is to say Poland, Ukraine, Romania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, and Italy.

BEV wants to increase publicity and information and offer easier access to the all of the cadastral maps and parcel protocols, in order to facilitate an easy and effective usability for numerous applications. Now there are improved contacts to all present depositories, so as to be able to forward the corresponding inquiries. Now a list of addresses and summaries of the specification of the different archives are available; please see enclosed papers.

The cadastral maps and the corresponding parcel protocols are of great importance and interest to the owners, surveyors, historians, and geographers in Austria. They describe the history of the ownership, the course of the boundaries and the land use of all parcels in the scales 1: 2880, 1: 1440 or 1: 5760. The maps are open to the public for free consultation and view. Reproductions can be bought and are produced on individual order. The interest of the public and of science is increasing constantly.

Susanne Fuhrmann
E-mail: susanne.fuhrmann@bev.gv.at

Further information:

• Original Maps of Cadastral Survey under Franz I. 1817-1861 - Addresses and Contacts
• Request form - Austria
• Request form - Czech Republic
• Request form - Italy, South Tirol
• Request form - Italy, Trento
• Request form - Romania, Baia Mare
• Request form - Romania, Cluj-Napoca
• Request form - Romania, Suceava
• Request form - Romania, Timisoara
• Request form - Slovakia
• Request form - Slovenia

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