Maps

Below are several maps for the Drohobycz Administrative District, including older maps of the towns of Drohobycz and Borysław, as well as larger, historical maps of the District and the oil fields of Galicia.

Map of the Drohobycz Administrative District , 1912

From Generalkarte von Mitteleuropa, Sheet 4149, Bundesamt für Eich und Vermessungswesen, Vienna, 1912.

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Map of the Drohobycz Area , ca 1910

This is an excellent, detailed map of the area around Drohobycz from the 3rd Military Mapping Survey of Austria-Hungary from the Department of Cartography and Geoinformatics of the Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Informatics.

See: http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/digkonyv/topo/200e/41-49.jpg
More maps of the area can be seen at:http://lazarus.elte.hu/hun/digkonyv/topo/3felmeres.htm

Map of the Sambor District or Sambor Circle , 1772

From Carte de la Pologne (divided by provinces and palatinates and subdivided by districts), Academie des sciences de Paris, 1772.
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This map illustrates the borders of the earliest administrative district, called Kreis, meaning circle. It includes district of Drohobycz. This was the first organizational structure for Galicia used in the Austrian Empire after 1772. This map does not illustrate the smaller communities.

Map of the area around Drohobycz, 1913

From a map of Austria-Hungary, 1913.
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This map illustrates the topography and communities around the town of Drohobycz in great detail. It also includes major roads and rail lines.

Map of Galicia , 1883

From Atlas of Europe by Blackie and Sons, Edinburgh, Scotland. 1883

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Street Map of Drohobycz, 1939

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This map shows the town of Drohobycz in 1939 with the street names. The chart on the lower right shows the names of the streets in 1939 and the changes in 1991.

See the Key to the Street Names to read the numbers and names of the properties more easily.

Map of Boryslaw 1880-1900

The properties are listed by the name of the owner according to the census.
See Key to the Houses in Boryslaw to read the numbers and names of the properties more easily.

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View of the Oil Fields in Galicia, 1902

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See an enlarged version of the westen side of the map
See an enlarged version of the eastern side of the map

This page was created by Valerie Schatzker with help from Alex Sharon, Shimon Barak, Rubin Schmer and Claudia Erdheim.

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