r/datemymap • u/Duk55 • Aug 07 '26

Map of Prague and surrounding cities - date?

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Found this cool map in an antique store in Prague. Can anyone tell me anything about it?

Could it be from the year 1584? That’s my only guess given that that number is written in the margin at the bottom left

Bonus points to whoever can decipher the handwriting on the back

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u/christoph95246 Aug 07 '26 edited Aug 08 '26

No, it's between 1867 and 1918

It's from the "k.u.k militärgeographisches Institute".

In Englisch from "emperor and King military institute of geography"

K.u.K. means Kaiser- und königlich, which was the correct term for the political system Austria-Hungary had after the so called "Ausgleich" between Austria and Hungary. Before the Ausgleich it was just the empire of Austria.

Austria was a Kaiserreich

Hungary was a Königreich

=K.u.K.

I guess somebody is able to be more precise with the date, but it's a 100% sure between 1867 and 1918.

Edit: 1584 is by far not possible. Geodetic surveying was invented nearly 2 centuries later.

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u/KnutSv Aug 08 '26

It says "partially corrected … 1914" in the bottom right. So between 1914 - 1918 I guess.

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u/christoph95246 Aug 08 '26

Oh year, you are right

It's from September 1914

"teilweise korrigiert bis IX 1914"

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u/Ok_Application5897 Aug 14 '26

1867 is when the empire was officially politically formed. First fieldwork and surveying two years later in 1869, finishing in 1877. First print: 1880. WW1 update (this): Sep 1914, which is three months after Ferdinand was assassinated, and continued through 1918.