Map „Germaniae; Compendium tria continens Imperii Collegia, Eeorumdemque insignia et sessiones ut et circulorum divisiones. Una cum suis annotationibus. Kort Begryp van Duytsland, desselfs Ryx Collegien hunne Zittingen en Wapens Kreits Verdelingen, en
The map shows the area between Middelburg (not drawn) in the west and Warsaw (not drawn) in the east and between Kiel in the north and Turin (not drawn) in the south. The circles of the Holy Roman Empire are coloured alternately light green and pink in the background. The borders have been highlighted in colour. In the upper bar below the title there are new fields with elaborately coloured coats of arms and explanatory texts. From left to right: the coat of arms of Lothar Franz (Schönborn), Archbishop of Mainz (* 4.10.1655 in Steinheim/Main, † 30.1.1729 in Mainz; since 1701 Imperial Count); the coat of arms of Johann Hugo (von Orsbeck), Archbishop of Trier (* 13. / 30.1.1634 at Großvernich Castle /Erft † 6.1.1711 Ehrenbreitstein / Koblenz); the coat of arms of Joseph Clemens (of Bavaria), Archbishop of Cologne (* 5.12.1671 in Munich † 12.11.1723 in Bonn); the coat of arms of Joseph I, Roman-German Emperor (* 26.7.1678 in Vienna † 17.4.1711 in Vienna; since 1690 Roman-German King; since 1705 Emperor); the coat of arms of Maximilian II. Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (* 11.7.1662 in Munich † 26.2.1726 in Munich; since 1691 Governor of the Spanish Netherlands; in 1704 banned from the Empire); the coat of arms of Friedrich August I, Elector of Saxony (* 12.5.1670 in Dresden † 1.2.1733 in Warsaw; since 1697 as August II. King of Poland); the coat of arms of Frederick III, Elector of Brandenburg (* 11.7.1657 in Königsberg † 25.2.1713 in Berlin; since 1701 as Frederick I King of Prussia); the coat of arms of Johann Wilhelm, Elector of Palatinate-Neuburg (* 19.4.1658 in Düsseldorf † 18.6.1716 in Düsseldorf); the coat of arms of Georg Ludwig, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg (* 28.5.1660 in Hannover † 11.6.1727 in Osnabrück; since 1714 King of England). In the bar below are nine fields with elaborately coloured coats of arms and partial explanations. From left to right: the coat of arms of Friedrich Wilhelm von Mecklenburg-Schwerin (* 28.3.1675 † 31.7.1713 in Schwerin); the coat of arms of Eberhard Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (* 18.9.1676 in Stuttgart † 31.10.1733 in Ludwigsburg); the coat of arms of Karl, Landgrave of Hesse (* 3. 8.1654 in Kassel † 23.3.1730 in Kassel); ten coats of arms of abbots of various monasteries; the coat of arms of the Archbishop of Salzburg, 21 other coats of arms and the coat of arms of the Archbishop of Besancon; ten coats of arms of abbesses of various monasteries; the coat of arms of Ludwig Wilhelm I., Margrave of Baden (* 8.4.1655 in Paris † 4.1.1707 in Rastatt; Imperial Field Marshal); the coat of arms of Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (* 3.7.1676 in Dessau † 9.4.1747 in Dessau, Prussian Field Marshal); the coat of arms of Frederick IV, Duke of Schleswig (* 8.10.1671 in Gottorf † 19.7.1702 in Klissow near Radom).
In the next bar below there are nine fields with explanations of the circles of the Holy Roman Empire. From left to right: the Austrian Circle, the Lower Rhine Circle, the Bavarian Circle, the Upper Saxon Circle, the Franconian Circle, the Swabian Circle, the Upper Rhine Circle, the Westphalian Circle and the Lower Saxon Circle. On the left edge of the map there is a field with the enumeration of the free imperial cities and below that a field with the explanation of abbreviations used. Above the map in the centre are six fields with various enumerations. To the left of the map are three fields. From top to bottom: an enumeration of the imperial hereditary lands not directly belonging to the Holy Roman Empire; a biography of Emperor Joseph I; an explanation of the imperial insignia and the imperial court.
To the right of the map are four panels. From top to bottom: a declaration of the Imperial Assembly; an enumeration of unidentifiable content; an enumeration of the provinces and offices in the German Empire; a listing of the maps of the German Empire with various publishers that Pieter I. Schenk used to make this sheet. At the right edge of the picture there is a field with the enumeration of the seats in the Reichstag.
The inscription is at the upper margin: "GERMANIÆ; COMPENDIUM TRIA CONTINENS IMPERII COLLEGIA, / EORUMDEMQUE INSIGNIA et SESSIONES ut et CIRCULORUM DIVISIONES :UNA CUM SUIS ANNOTATIONIBUS. // KORT BEGRYP van DUYTSLAND, desselfs RYX COLLEGIEN hunne Zittingen en Wapens / KREITS Verdelingen, en Aantekeningen daar op, by PIETER SCHENK met Privil:"
In the box at the bottom of the picture to the right of the map is a signature: "Van Visscher, verdeelt in 30 Kaarten. by de Wit in 36 Kaarten. / en by Valck en Schenck 28. Kaarten aldus uyt de beste Schryvers / opgestelt door P. Schenk. C. Priv. Reg. Pol. et Elect. Sac:"
The number "60." is handwritten in black ink in the upper margin on the right. It is still impossible to assign the number.
Previous owner unknown
Purchased by the city of Emden from the Groningen book and paper dealer O. Prummel, 20.2.1943
Now City of Emden / Sammlung des Ostfriesischen Landesmuseums Emden (Collections of the East Frisian State Museum Emden)
Kulturamtsakten des Stadarchivs Emden (StAE KA 46); Auslagerungslisten der Stadt Emden (OLME-HA, PF-001);
Objektdatenbank des Ostfriesischen Landesmuseums Emden, Objekt GS Stadt 10171
Ostfriesisches Landesmuseum Emden
26725 Emden
Germany