Historic bird's-eye view map/sketch of Villingen from 1685, showing medieval town layout with fortifications and buildings, original housed in Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe.
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What the page says
Villingen um 1685
Gezeichnet aus der Vogelperspektive
Original im
Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe
Old Villingen
[EN] Villingen around 1685
Drawn from a bird's eye perspective
Original in
Generalstate Archives Karlsruhe
Old Villingen
Places: Villingen, Karlsruhe
Interesting facts
How a bird's-eye view was made. Nobody flew over the town. The artist worked from ground observation and a plan, then drew it as if seen from an imagined point in the air. Such views are reliable for walls, gates, churches and street lines, and unreliable for distance and scale.
