• City of Lviv 2

City of Lviv

Map

ID:
34454
Place
Lviv
Date:
1887
Collection
Austrian War Archive
Source
GIh377-8
Copyright
Austrian War Archive, Vienna
Description

A re-print of a map of Lviv included in a 1886 guidebook (Przewodnik z Krakowa do Lwowa, Podhorzec... Lwów. 1886).

Graphic depiction by Josef Chowaniec (Jósef Chowaniec).

The Lithographers and Printers of Yendzheya Kostkyevych in Lviv printed the map (Litografia i Drukarnia J. Kostkiewicza we Lwowie).

Legend:

  • In the lower left section is the name: “City of Lviv” (Miasto Lwów).
  • In the lower left corner is the city’s coat of arms.
  • Under the name is information on the city’s layout, the number of inhabitants and buildings, and how districts are identified with different colors:
  1. “District I, Halich” (I сzęść Halickie)
  2. “District II, Krakow (II сzęść Krakowskie)
  3. “District III, Żółkiew” (III сzęść Żółkiewskie)
  4. “District IV, Łyczakow” (IV сzęść Łyczakowskie)
  5. “District V, Downtown ” (V сzęść Śródmieście)
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