1936 – W. Horn – Wahl zum zweiten Memelländischen 1927

Title:  “Das Ergebnis der Wahl zum zweiten Memelländischen Landtag (30. August 1927). Gezeichnet von Dr. Werner Horn.”
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“Petermanns Geogr. Mitteilungen, 82. Jahrgang 1936, Tafel 16”

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Description:

A detailed map of the second election to the parliament of the Memel Territory (Klaipėda Region), held on 30 August 1927. The parliament (Landtag; Seimelis, 29 members) was created by the Klaipėda Convention of 1924. Lithuania had taken over the territory in 1923, and the Convention confirmed Lithuanian sovereignty while guaranteeing the territory’s autonomy. Each blue dot stands for 20 German votes, a small square for 200 and a large square for 2,000; red marks the Lithuanian votes in the same way. The results are shown village by village, with large blocks of votes in Klaipėda (Memel) and Šilutė (Heydekrug). The Lithuanian lists won 4 of the 29 seats.

• The series: this is plate 16 of seven maps of the Memel Territory drawn by Dr. Werner Horn and published by Justus Perthes in Gotha in Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen for 1936 (plates 12–18), under the direction of Prof. Paul Langhans. Three plates show the parents’ survey of 1921 on the language of the children, and four show the elections to the parliament in 1925, 1927, 1930 and 1932.
• The base map: the results are printed in blue and red over a grey topographic map at 1:300,000. It covers the whole Memel Territory, from Nemirseta (Nimmersatt) in the north to Smalininkai (Schmalleningken) in the east, with Klaipėda (Memel), Šilutė (Heydekrug), the Curonian Spit and the Curonian Lagoon. It also covers the neighbouring parts of Lithuania and East Prussia with Palanga (Bad Polangen), Kretinga (Krottingen), Gargždai (Gorzdy) and Tilsit. The border of the territory is marked by a blue band.

Werner Horn (1903–1978) was a German geographer and cartographer in Gotha and later the editor-in-chief of Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen (1954–1968). The series appeared in 1936, at a time of sharp tension between Germany and Lithuania over the Memel Territory, and it presents the German view of the territory. Today it is an exceptional, detailed record of the languages and politics of Lithuania Minor (Mažoji Lietuva) between the two World Wars.

It is rare on the market.

Cartographer:                 Werner Horn (1903 – 1978)

Publisher, Place:            Justus Perthes, Gotha

Sheet size:          52,7 x 41,7 cm
Year:                     1936
Technique:          colour lithograph

Condition:
Good condition. Folded as issued. Light toning.

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This is an original antique map published in 1936 and NOT a modern copy or reprint

 

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