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Published on 8 January 2024

Historical Maps

Get to know Switzerland's historical heritage with the original Siegfried and Dufour maps or old national maps; or visualised impressively on modern maps, too. 

Digital Historical Maps

Digital Dufour Map: topographical Map (Dufour Map 1:100,000)

8 January 2024

Digital Dufour Map

The Topographical Map 1:100'000 (Dufour Map) is the first modern official map series of Switzerland.

Siegfried Map 1:25,000: georeferenced Siegfried Map 1:25,000

8 January 2024

Digital Siegfried Map 1:25,000

The Siegfried Map was the first set of 1:25'000 and 1:50'000 maps of the whole of Switzerland.

Siegfried Map 1:25,000: georeferenced Siegfried Map 1:25,000

8 January 2024

Digital Siegfried Map 1:50 000

The Siegfried Map was the first set of 1:25'000 and 1:50'000 maps of the whole of Switzerland.

Old National Maps: georeferenced old National Map 1:25,000 / 1:50,000 / 1:100,000

8 January 2024

Digital Old National Maps

Georeferenced old National Map 1:25'000 / 1:50'000 / 1:100'000

10 January 2024

A journey through time – maps

Take a journey through time with swisstopo's topographic maps and follow over 175 years of Switzerland's map history. Even back to the time before the founding of the Swiss federal state.

Federal Office of Topography swisstopo

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