Hohen Wyhl am Bodensee - Antique map

Author: Meissner, Daniel

Publisher: Paul Fürstens

Published: Frankfurt am Main

Publishing year: 1678

Hohentwiel (Singen, fire). "Hohen Wyhl am Bodensee". Orig. copperplate engraving from D. Meisner's 'Sciagraphia Cosmica, Oder ...'. Published by P. Fürstens in Nürnberg, 1678. With engraved title, latin proverb above the picture 'Periculo Alieno Sapere') and lat.-ger. text in verse under the picture. 10:15 cm (4 x 6 inch.).

A view of Hohentwiel, a mountain west of Singen in Baden-Württemberg. The largest castle ruins in Germany are located on the mountain. From above are distant views of the region,  Lake Constance can bee also seen. - With a depiction of extinguishing a fire in the foreground.

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