{"product_id":"carte-ancienne-elberfeld-1910","title":"Antique map - Elberfeld 1910","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"\"\u003eMonumental-Plan of \u003cstrong\u003eElberfeld\u003c\/strong\u003e, now Wuppertal, in \u003cstrong\u003e1910 \u003c\/strong\u003e: the Wupper valley in relief, before the merger of 1929, with its hills, its railway stations and its zoo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"\"\u003eThis \u003cstrong\u003e“Monumental-Plan der Stadt Elberfeld”\u003c\/strong\u003e, published in \u003cstrong\u003e1910\u003c\/strong\u003e by the Verkehrs-Verein Elberfeld (the city’s tourist office), shows the city in the Wupper valley, with the surrounding hills drawn in relief. At the time, Elberfeld was a Prussian city in the Rhineland province and had been an independent city (Stadtkreis) since 1861. It had a population of 167,382 in 1905. Today, it forms the largest district of Wuppertal, in North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"\"\u003eThe name Elberfeld disappeared in 1929. An act of 29 July 1929 united Elberfeld, Barmen, Cronenberg, Ronsdorf and Vohwinkel into a single city, initially called Barmen-Elberfeld. It was renamed Wuppertal, “the valley of the Wupper,” in 1930. The map, however, still shows Elberfeld and its neighbour Barmen as two separate cities on the right edge of the map.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"\"\u003ePlaces and districts shown:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\" class=\"\"\u003e\n\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong class=\"\"\u003eBarmen, the neighbouring city\u003c\/strong\u003e - the map labels the “Gemeinde Barmen” on the right. This is where Friedrich Engels was born in 1820 and where Friedrich Bayer and the dyer Johann Friedrich Weskott founded the company that became Bayer in 1863. Aspirin, patented by Bayer in 1897, was born in the valley.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong class=\"\"\u003eA city of textiles and social innovation\u003c\/strong\u003e - Elberfeld and Barmen together received a monopoly on thread bleaching for the entire Berg region in 1527, an industry that made the valley wealthy. In 1853, Elberfeld established a municipal system of poor relief that remained famous as a model in many countries.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong class=\"\"\u003eThe Schwebebahn\u003c\/strong\u003e - Wuppertal’s suspension railway, the world’s first electric suspended monorail, opened in 1901 and connected Oberbarmen to Vohwinkel, passing over the Wupper and through Elberfeld. However, the map’s legend only indicates the electric tramway (Elektrische Strassenbahn), shown in red.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong class=\"\"\u003eThe railway stations\u003c\/strong\u003e - the map labels the Elberfeld-Steinbeck station south of the Wupper and notes that the Prussian state line had previously been operated by the Bergisch-Märkische company. It also shows the stations at Varresbeck, Mirke and Ottenbruch.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong class=\"\"\u003eThe hills and parks\u003c\/strong\u003e - the map labels the Hardt-Anlagen, a park on the hill east of the city, the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Hain in the north, and the Hasenberg, Kiesberg and Zoologischer Garten in the southwest.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli class=\"\"\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong class=\"\"\u003eThe coat of arms\u003c\/strong\u003e - in the cartouche, Elberfeld’s coat of arms shows a red lion surmounted by a mural crown.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"\"\u003eCartographic feature:\u003c\/strong\u003e this plan is a perspective view, drawn and coloured in bright colours, showing the hills of the valley rather than a flat plan. It was printed by Eckstein \u0026amp; Stähle, an art firm to the royal court in Stuttgart. A grid of letters (from A to H) and numbers (from 1 to 10) allows each location to be identified. The legend indicates the tourist association’s information office (“Auskunftsstelle des Vereins für Fremdenverkehr”), which published the map, with a red star.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"\"\u003eIn short:\u003c\/strong\u003e for anyone with ties to Wuppertal or the Bergisches Land, or an interest in the Schwebebahn, the beginnings of Bayer or the textile industry, this map shows Elberfeld as it was nineteen years before it ceased to exist as a city in 1929.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem class=\"\"\u003eWhat area does this map of Elberfeld cover?\u003c\/em\u003e It covers Elberfeld and its surroundings in the Wupper valley: the city centre, the railway stations, the hills and parks, the zoo and the boundaries of the neighbouring municipality of Barmen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem class=\"\"\u003eIn what year was this map published?\u003c\/em\u003e This map dates from 1910, the year inscribed in its cartouche. It was published by the Verkehrs-Verein Elberfeld.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"\"\u003eReproduction of the “Monumental-Plan der Stadt Elberfeld,” published in 1910 by the Verkehrs-Verein Elberfeld and printed by Eckstein \u0026amp; Stähle in Stuttgart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" class=\"\"\u003ePrinted on 200 g\/m² textured art paper. 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