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Modern Maps

• Aerial photo of Gargzdai on Wikimapia.

• Street Map of Gargzdai at www.rodiklis.lt. (Click on thumbnail map at right center).
• www.maps.lt
  • Lithuania - click repeatedly on map to magnify down to street level

• SuperTravelNet.com
  • Zemaitija
  • Gargzdai

20th Century

• www.mapywig.org (Map Archive of Wojskowy Instytut Geograficzny)
  • Übersichtkarte von Mitteleuropa, R56 Tilsit 1:300,000 (1940) (showing Gargzdai)
  • Ravensteins Kriegskarte No. 6 (ca. 1917) (showing Gorzdy)*
  • Stadtplan von Kowno (Kaunas) (1941)*
  
  *Note: the above two links may work sporadically. If you receive an error message, try again later.

• www.landkartenarchiv.de
  • Mittel Europa, Otto Dietrich (1910) (showing Gorshdy)
  • Postleitkarte 1 (1915) (showing Gorzdy)
  • B.Z.-Autokarte (ca. 1925-1927) (showing Gorzdy or Garzdai).   Note: This map is particularly detailed.
  • Dunlop Strassen-Karte (1927-1928) (showing Gorzdy)
  • Shell Strassenkarte (1939) (showing Gorzdy)
  • B.V.-Karte (1939) (showing Gorzdy)
    • Streetmap of Tilsit (showing SA-Strasse, location of Stapo Tilsit).   See Report of Stapo Tilsit at fn. 1.

• www.kartenmeister.com
  • Dunlop-Strassenkarte (ca. 1927-28?) (showing Gorzdy)

• Encyclopedia of Russian Narrow Gauge Railways
  • WWII German map of "Reichs-Kommissariat Ostland" (ca. 1942) (showing Garsden)
  • Lithuanian Railways (1931)
  • Lithuanian Railways (modern)

• www.mazal.org
  • Velhagen & Klasing World Atlas (1935) (showing Garsden [Gargzdai])
  • Karte von Litauen (1930) (showing Gargzdai)
  • Baltic States (ca. 1930) (showing Groshdi)

• Jewish Family History Foundation
  • Peltier, Baltic Republics (1915) (showing Gorjdy)

• Geneaological Society of Murmansk
  • Kovno Guberniya, Telsiai Uyezd (1903) (showing Gorzhdy)
  • Kovno Guberniya, Rossieny Uyezd (1903) (showing Gorzhdy)

• Digital Library, University of Greifswald
  • 1:25,000 topographic survey maps (Messtischblätter)
    • Laugallen (1939) (Map stops at German/Russian border. Laugallen is just west of Gargzdai.) - Data about map.
    • Tilsit (1927) - Data about map.
  • Map Legend
  • Map Grid

  Links to maps (at Greifswald site) of areas near Gargzdai:

  0192 Nimmersatt (1941)	0193 D.Crottingen (1939)	0194 Jakubowo (1940)
  0292 Memel (1942)	0293 Plicken (1941)	0294 Laugallen (1939)
  0392 Schmelz (1941)	0393 Götzhöfen (1941)	0394 Dawillen (1939)
  0492 Schwarzort (1939)	0493 Prökuls (1941)	0494 Wilkieten (1941)	0495 Grünheide (1941)

• University of Texas Map Collection
  • Maps and Plans from Baedeker's Northern Germany, Handbook for Travellers (1910)
    • Baedeker - Northern Germany (1910) (showing Gordsh)

• David Rumsey Map Collection, University of California
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  • Bartholomew, "Baltic States & East Prussia" (1922) (showing Gardzdai)

19th Century

• Genealogy in Historical Eastern Germany
  • East Prussia (1890) (showing Garszdy)
  • East and West Prussia (1896) (showing Gorshdy)

• Castles of Poland - at site, click on map of Provinz Preussen (ca. 1880) (showing Garsden)
• Federation of East European Family History Societies
  • Russian Empire - Europe, Blackie & Son Atlas (1882) (showing Gorzdy)
  • East Prussia, Blackie & Son Atlas (1882) (showing Garsden)

• University of Wisconsin Map Collection
  • Ludwig Ravenstein - Atlas des Deutschen Reiches (1883) (Garsden is shown on Map 3b. Map is in PDF format and requires Adobe reader. Map is best viewed with reader set at 200% or 400% magnification.)
• maproom.org
  • Stieler's Hand-Atlas (1891)
    • South Sweden, Russian Baltic Provinces, Poland and West Russia (showing Grosdi)
    • German Empire, Sheet 2 (showing Gorshdy)
  • Bromme's Illustrirter Hand-Atlas (1862)
    • Prussia and Posen (showing Gorzdy [Garsden])
    • Prussian State and Mecklenburg (showing Gorzdy)
  • Romer's Atlas of Poland, 2d Ed. (1921)
    • The Jews - Internal Migrations

• University of Bremen
  • F. B. Engelhardt - Prussia (ca. 1840) (showing Garsden)

• David Rumsey Map Collection, University of California
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  • Arrowsmith, "Prussia & Poland" (1844) (showing Garsden)
  • Johnson, "Prussia Sweden Norway and Denmark" (1860) (showing Gorshedy)
  • Stieler,"Sud-Schweden, die Russischen Ostsee-Provinzen, Polen & West-Russland" (1875) (showing Grosdi)
  • Stieler,"Die Preussischen Provinzen Preussen Und Posen" (1875) (showing Garsden)
  • Johnston, "Russia SW, Poland" (1861) (showing Groshdi)
  • Johnston, "Baltic" (1861) (showing Garsden)
  • Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, "Russia Part III" (1834) (showing Gorjdy)

18th Century and Before

• Jewish Family History Foundation
  • Faden, Kingdom of Poland (1799) (showing Gorsdy)

• David Rumsey Map Collection, University of California
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  • Cary, "Poland" (1799) (showing Gorsdy)
  • Cary, "Prussia" (1799) (Showing Gardensk)
  • Delarochette, "Empire of Germany (Northern Section)" (1790) (showing Garsden)
  • Kitchin, "Kingdom of Poland" (1787) (showing Garzdy)
  • for other maps, search for "Prussia map", "Lithuania map" or "Poland map"

• UCLA Library Map Collection
  • Blaeu - Prussia (1645) (showing Garsden)
  • Blaeu - Livonia (1645) (showing Gorgzdy)
  • About the Blaeu Atlas

• National Library of Estonia - Cartography collection
  • Andrea Burae de Boo - Suecia, Dania et Norvegia (1635) (showing Gorgzdy) (For magnified view click here.)
  • Joan Janssonius - Livoniae (1642) (showing Gorczdy) (For magnified view click here.)
  • Adam Olearius - Carte de la Livonie ou Lifland (1659) (showing Gorgzdy) (For magnified view click here.)
  • J. van Lugtenburg - Livonie, Curlande et Samogitie (1711) (showing Gürsden) (For magnified view click here.)
  • Pierre van der Aa - La Livonie (ca. 1714-1729) (showing Gorczdy) (For magnified view click here.)

• University of Tartu (Estonia)
  • Sanson d’Abbéville - La Curlande Duché et Semigalle autrefois de la Livonie; La Samogitie Duché en Lituanie (1659) (showing Gorgzdy/Garsden)
  • M. Seutter - Poloniae Regnum ut et Magni Ducatus Lithuaniae (1740) (showing Gorjdy)

• Polish Museum in Rapperswil, Switzerland
  • Janssonius - Prussia (1647-1658) (showing Garsden)
  • Homann - Regni Poloniae (1739) (showing Garsden)

Maps of Military Campaigns

• Map Library at History Department, U.S. Military Academy - Military campaigns through or near Gargzdai
  • Napoleonic Wars - Russian Campaign, 24 July, 1812
  • World War I - Eastern Front, 1 May - 30 September, 1915
  • World War II - German Invasion of Russia, 22 June - 25 August, 1941
  • World War II - Russian Balkan and Baltic Campaigns, 19 August - 31 December, 1944

• Soviet Military Maps concerning WWII at armchairgeneral.com
  • Opponent's Assets at the Commencement of the Operation, Baltic Region, June 21, 1941 (shows German 61st Infantry Division which attacked Gargzdai on June 22)
  • Combat Operations in Baltic Region, June 22-July 10, 1941 (Shows German 61st Infantry Division)
  • Summary Operations, Northwestern Front, June 22 - July 7, 1941
  • Course of Operations in Baltic Area, June 22 - July 9, 1941
  • Other military maps of the Baltic at armchairgeneral.com

Miscellaneous Maps

• University of Texas Map Collection
  • Political and Historical Maps of Lithuania

• Balticdata.info
  • Political and Economic Maps of Baltic Region and Lithuania

• Year of the Lithuanian Book
  • Map of Typical Handiwork for the Northern Part of Lithuania Minor (showing Gargzdai)