German Alps & the rest of Bavaria on special contoured & GP-compatible recreational maps from the Bavarian state survey organization, with cartography of the German topographic survey at 1:50, 000 & extensive additional tourist overprint highlighting waymarked hiking trails & cycling routes, campsites & youth hostels, etc. All the maps have cartography identical to the standard topographic survey of Germany. Topography is vividly presented by contours at 20m intervals, enhanced by bold shading & graphic relief, plus colouring and/or graphics to show forests & other types of vegetation. Extensive tourist overprint highlights local & long-distance footpaths & cycle routes
- including King Ludwig Way, different variants of the Way of St James, etc
- indicating, where appropriate, their waymarking designation. Symbols show various types of accommodation (campsites, youth hostels, refuges, etc), sport & recreational facilities, places of interest, ski & cable car lift, etc. The maps have UTM grid lines at 1-km UTM intervals. Map legend &, where included, additional text, are in German only.

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` German military figures had a certain terrifying glamour, ` wrote Patrick Leigh Fermor, recalling views about Germany during the First World War. When, he asked, had the bristling general replaced the `philosophers & composers & bandsmen & peasants & students drinking & singing in harmony?` The enchanted forest, symbol of Romantic idealism & traditional folktales, had given way to other images of Germany & Germans. By following Leigh Fermor, & over eighty other British & North American literary visitors to Germany, this original anthology shows how different generations of English-speakers have depicted this country. Starting in the sixteenth century with some of the earliest travel accounts in English, Brian Melican presents a wide range of writing about, or set in, Germany. Letters from Johnsonians such as Boswell & Garrick & the Romantic poets Coleridge & Wordsworth; the journals of Herman Melville & Henry James; ante bellum fiction by authors such as D. H. Lawrence & Ford Madox Ford: all of this & more reveals an oft-forgotten richness in encounters with Germany before the horrors of the twentieth century. Work by Christopher Isherwood, Stephen Spender & wartime reporters through the 1940s exposes the country`s darkest moments, while sometimes surprising takes on the conflict emerge from authors inside Germany with unique perspectives such as Christabel Bielenberg & Michael Howard. Post-war writing ranges from the spy fiction of Len Deighton to the writers who dissected post-Nazi Germany. The diversity of writing about Germany today encompasses light-hearted accounts & more searching passages taken from an eclectic selection of authors. Recorded & imagined images of Germany have changed dramatically across the centuries. Yet views on many of its features especially its cities & rivers, customs & cuisine have often remained constant. This anthology, with extensive introductions & annotations, offers a range of opinions, both typical & atypical of their time, & invites readers to venture beyond the usual discussion about this country at the very heart of Europe. ...

German cities & regions in a series of handy size, 23 x 12 cm, spiral bound atlases from Verlag Esterbauer, Europe’s leading publishers of cycling maps. Map legend

Includes:: English &, although ALL THE TEXT IN THESE GUIDES IS IN GERMAN ONLY, information provided on the maps is sufficient to use them without any knowledge of German, particularly in the absence of similar products in English from other publishers. Please click on our sample image to see an extract from the map legend. Each atlas

Includes:: a selection of local cycling routes & tours, presented on clear, easy to follow maps. The overprint highlighting the routes indicates road surface & density of motorized traffic. Gradients, intermediate distances, danger points, & roads closed to cyclists are marked & route profiles show the degree of difficulty for each cycle trail. A wide range of symbols indicate everything from covered & lockable bicycle stands, repair workshops & bike rentals to viewpoints, nature parks, leisure & sport centres, local shopping facilities, emergency services, etc. The guides also give opening hours of museums & other local places of interest. A separate section at the end of each guide list accommodation addresses with phone numbers.



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Selected regions of Germany
- the environ on main cities & parts of the Rhine Valley
- presented at 1:200, 000 on maps from

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The whole of Germany in 1:200, 000 in a series of 58 topographic maps from Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie, the federal cartographic agency of Germany responsible for topographic mapping at 1:200, 000 & maps at smaller scales (the more detailed topographic & leisure maps are prepared & published by the survey organizations of the individual states). Cartography is from the 200K topographic survey & the maps have very elegant, modern look whilst retaining the traditional German presentation of names of smaller towns & villages in italics. Contours are at 12, 5m intervals, enhanced by relief shading, with colouring for woodlands, moors, marches, vineyards & hop plantations. Waterways & rivers are also described in detail, with currents, waterfalls, dams, & jetties clearly marked. Road network, graded into five types, highlights in colour national & regional roads; no driving distances are marked Railway network is also shown in detail, with stations, goods only lines, etc. The maps show administrative boundaries of states & counties, & have a UTM grid plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 2’ intervals. Map legend is in German only. PLEASE NOTE: maps in this series provide an excellent presentation of the areas covered by them, with plenty of place names & detailed representation of the road network, & will appeal to anyone who likes quality cartography, but they are not necessarily the best option for holiday & business travel. ...

Large, indexed regional maps with fine, clear cartography. General relief is portrayed by hill-shading with selected spot heights without distracting from the other detail. The motorway network & recommended scenic routes stand out well from the background, but some may find minor local roads a little too faint. In some places exits from motorways are also rather lightly coloured. Intermediate driving distances are indicated throughout & special tourist routes are marked. The maps highlight picturesque towns & national parks, with a range of symbols marking campsites, youth hostels, museums, spas, various landmarks & places of interest, etc. Latitude & longitude grid is drawn at intervals of 10’. Map legend

Includes:: English. A separate index attached to the cover gives the postcode for each locality, including those beyond the German territory on sheets covering border regions.

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Germany’s popular holiday areas on detailed road maps at 1:150, 000 from Freytag & Berndt, each with a booklet with street plans, an index & descriptions of 10 selected places of interest, all prominently highlighted on the maps. Relief is portrayed by hill-shading without distracting from other detail. Although these maps are using the same cartography as the publishers’ 1:200, 000 regional series, better scale & colouring make minor local roads & motorway junctions stand out more clearly. Road information

Includes:: intermediate driving distances, toll routes, scenic roads & tourist routes, steep gradients, caravan traffic restrictions, seasonal closures on mountain roads, etc. Railways, cable cars, ferries & airfields are also shown. Selected cycle routes & long distance hiking trails are included. Picturesque towns are highlighted & in each title 10 selected places of interest are prominently marked & briefly described in the index booklet attached to the map cover. The booklet also provides street plans main towns in the region. Symbols mark various landmarks, places of interest & facilities, e.g. selected hotels, campsites, historical & architectural sites, etc. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 10` intervals. Map legend & the descriptions include English.

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Contoured outdoor leisure maps, extending F&B’s extensive coverage of Austria to the neighbouring regions & other popular hiking areas of Germany. The maps have contours at 100-metre intervals in the mountainous areas, & 50 metres elsewhere, shading & graphic relief. An overprint highlights hiking paths, cycling routes &, on most of the titles, ski routes. The maps also show youth hostels, campsites, mountain huts & refuges. Margin ticks show latitude & longitude in steps of 5`. Most titles also give GPS waypoints, as indicated in the individual descriptions. Map legend

Includes:: English. Several of the titles come with a separate booklet, in German only, containing information on places of interest, brief descriptions of selected hiking trails, addresses of various accommodation facilities, etc.

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The German state of Hesse on contoured, GPS compatible recreational maps at 1:50, 000 with cartography identical to the standard topographic survey of Germany & extensive additional overprint highlighting numerous local & long-distance hiking paths & cycling routes, tourist accommodation & recreational facilities, etc. The maps have contours at 10m intervals, with colouring for woodlands & graphics for different types of types of vegetation. The overprint for hiking paths indicates different thematic routes: fitness, educational, nature, wine, archaeological, geological, etc. Cycling routes show their waymaking signs. Also marked are special tourist sightseeing routes including the Roman Boundary Route (the Limes), Nahe Wine Road, etc. A very wide range of symbols indicate several different types of accommodation options, sport & recreational facilities, car parks & roadside rest areas, cultural & historical sites, etc. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid. Map legend

Includes:: English. All the titles either come with an accompanying brochure or have on the reverse illustrated descriptions, in German only, of various places of interest & contact details.

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Germany at 1:275, 000 on eight regional road maps from Kümmerly + Frey printed on sturdy waterproof & tear-resistant plastic paper, indexed & with highlighting of picturesque locations & other places of interest. Each title is double-sided, with part of one of the sides taken by the index. Road network clearly shows the motorways with junction numbers, parking places & roadside facilities. Smaller roads indicate scenic sections and/or special tourist routes, entry restrictions, seasonal closures, roads not recommended for caravans, steep gradients, etc. Main railway lines are shown with stations, local airports are marked, & where appropriate car or passenger ferry connections are also indicated. Picturesque towns or villages are prominently highlighted. Other places of tourist interest are also clearly marked, but with their names in German (e.g. Uhrenmuseum, Röm. Gutshof, Hexenlochmühle, etc.). The maps also show boundaries of national or natural parks. Topography is indicated by light relief shading with names of mountain chains, valleys, etc, plus colouring for woodlands. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 10’ intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English.

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