Carl DierckeDiercke-Commemorative plaque in
Kyritz
Carl Diercke (born 15 September 1842 in
Kyritz,
Ostprignitz; died 7 March 1913 in
Berlin) was a German cartographer.
Life
From 1863 to 1865, Diercke studied in Berlin. In 1875, Diercke started German geography
atlasDiercke. Diercke was the first in the world to develop a world atlas without leaving his birth country[1]
In 1871, he married Hermine Marie Ottilie Lucas.
Legacy
Diercke was one of about 250 German brands selected in 2016 by
Florian Langenscheidt [
de], Deutsche Standards,[a] and Meiré and Meiré[b] to be recognized as "Brands of the Century" for having a
strong brand.[4]
Literature
Jürgen Espenhorst, Erhard Kümpel: Diercke, ein Atlas für Generationen. Hintergründe, Geschichte und bibliographische Angaben bis 1955. Pangaea-Verlag, Schwerte 1999,
ISBN3-930401-50-9.
Cover of 22. edition Diercke-Schulatlas
See also
Cartographic propaganda, the use of atlases for political purposes, as was common in Diercke's time
Westermann Verlag, a publishing company that continues to publish versions of Diercke's school atlas.
Notes
^"The publishing house Deutsche Standards EDITIONEN GmbH publishes multilingual specialized in books on brands, corporate culture, family businesses, German industry, and other economic topics. ... Publisher is Dr. Florian Langenscheidt (Berlin). The publishing house is located in the creative district of Cologne-Ehrenfeld"[2] Deutsche Standards declared
bankruptcy around 2016.[3]