Karte der Österreichisch-Russischen Grenzgebiete

The 19th century was only a time of the industrial revolution, scientific and technical progress, and development of the state administration, but also the rise of interest in travelling the continent and beyond it. In the so-called “Century of Steam”, there was a rapid increase in the population of cities. The first cities with a population of a million appeared in Europe. This resulted in greater demand for detailed city plans and larger areas included as territorial administrative units. This map shows the Austro-Hungarian-Russian-German border at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1815, during the Congress of Vienna, the European powers established the Kingdom of Poland, dependent on Russian, from the third Prussian and Austrian Partitions. The rest of the land was divided between Russia, Austria and Prussia (from 1871 on, united Germany). The map is foldable and bound in a paper cover. The Counts Potocki – like most Polish aristocrats – liked to travel, hence a large collection of plans and maps has survived. Łukasz Chrobak